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Part Two: The Man Who Invented Fascism

Behind the Bastards

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The Story of Gabriel and the Battle of Tryst

Gabriel de nuncio, italy's most famous living poet and writer, was struck by a brilliant idea. Not only would he bomb the city of triest to try and incite the italian citizens to rise up against their government. For days, he agonized over how to drop the leaflets, which he wrote himself. He eventually went with tiny sandbags that would help the leaflets fall on target, rather than getting blown to and fro. And hears how lucy hughs lat describes it in one of the most deliciously caddy sections of her book. A feverish desire for action takes me.

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