![]() ![]() He was then formally arrested on charges of treason. Ciano, Edda and their three children (Fabrizio, Raimonda, and Marzio) fled to Germany on August 28, 1943, in fear of being arrested by the new Italian Government, but the Germans returned him to Mussolini and the R.S.I. Ciano did not agree with Mussolini and because of this he was dismissed from his post by the new government. ![]() Ciano wrote and left behind a diary that has been used as a source by several historians, including William Shirer in his 'Rise and Fall of the Third Reich'. On JanuCount Ciano was shot by firing squad at the behest of his father-in-law, Mussolini, under pressure from Nazi Germany. Gian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari (Ma? January 11, 1944) was Foreign Minister of Fascist Italy from 1936 until 1943 and Benito Mussolini's son-in-law. The text block is unmarked, bright, white, tight and square despite being produced in accordance with wartime economy standards. There is a handsome heraldic book plate to the front paste down of Francis Gardner-Brown. This copy is bound in publisher's original red cloth covered boards with gilt titling to the spine, a dust wrapper is not present. William Heinemann, London 1947 First Edition 576pp Illustrated Hardback. Edited with an Introduction by Malcolm Muggeridge. ![]()
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