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Zusatztext Susan Zuccotti author of Under His Very Windows: The Vatican and the Holocaust in Italy With his customary lively and graceful prose! Robert Katz provides a sweeping yet detailed and well-documented description of the battle for Rome during the Second World War. All the players are here: the Allied forces slowly plodding north; the German army defending with fearful determination; cruel and vicious Nazi and Fascist fanatics; young Italian partisans and the American and British agents sent to support them; Jews caught in a deadly trap; and German diplomats and Vatican prelates! including Pope Pius XII! anxious for different reasons to preserve the Eternal City. This is a book that is difficult to put down. Informationen zum Autor Robert Katz is the author of twelve previous books, including the international bestseller Death in Rome. His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Esquire, and Military History Quarterly. A fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, he lived in Rome for nearly twenty years and now lives in Tuscany in Italy. Klappentext Meticulously researched and masterfully rendered, this book sheds light on one of the pivotal points in World War II--the moment when the Eternal City had its closest brush with destruction. Zusammenfassung Meticulously researched and masterfully rendered, this book sheds light on one of the pivotal points in World War II--the moment when the Eternal City had its closest brush with destruction. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsCast of CharactersPreface: Open CitySUMMEROne Twenty Angels over RomeTwo The PyramidThree Rome FeverAUTUMNFour Kappler's GameFive The Möllhausen TelegramSix Paolo Meets ElenaSeven Under His Very EyesEight First BloodWINTERNine Christmas in CaptivityTen Churchill's CatEleven My Curious HideoutTwelve Hupf, Mein MädelSPRINGThirteen Via RasellaFourteen The Roar of the WolfFifteen Il Gran RifiutoSixteen Via ArdeatinaSeventeen The SmileEighteen Rome Must Starve...Nineteen Shimmering CityTwenty Rome Eternal Epilogue I -- Justice Postponed II -- Defensor Civitatis, the Unfinished Story Chronology The Value of the Lira Pacelli v. Katz et al. Sources and Notes Bibliography Index...
