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"A harrowing account of life in Italy in the year leading up to World War II, available in the US for the first time. War in Italy in 1939 was by no means necessary or even beneficial to the country.But in June 1940, Mussolini finally declared war on Britain and France. The awfulinevitability with which Italy stumbled its way into a war for which they were illprepared and largely unenthusiastic is documented here with grace and clarity byone of the twentieth century's great diarists. This diary, which has never been published and was recently found in Iris Origo'sarchives, is the sad and arresting account of the grim absurdities that Italy and theworld underwent as war became more and more unavoidable. Origo, British-bornand living in Italy, was ideally placed to record the events. Extremely engaged withthe world around her, connected to people from all areas of society (from the peasantson her estate to the US ambassador to Italy), she writes of the turmoil, thedanger, and the bleakness of Italy in 1939 and 1940, as war went from a possibilityto a dreadful reality. A Chill in the Air covers the beginning of a war whose catastrophic effects are documentedin Origo's bestselling War in Val D'Orcia"--"War in Italy in 1939 was by no means necessary or even beneficial to the country. But in June 1940, Mussolini finally declared war on Britain and France. The awful inevitability with which Italy stumbled its way into a war for which they were ill prepared and largely unenthusiastic is documented here with grace and clarity by one of the twentieth century's great diarists. This diary, which has never been published and was recently found in Iris Origo's archives, is the sad and gripping account of the grim absurdities that Italy and the world underwent as war became more and more unavoidable. Origo, British-born and living in Italy, was ideally placed to record the events. Extremely engaged with the world around her, connected to people from all areas of society (from the peasants on her estate to the US ambassador to Italy), she writes of the turmoil, the danger, and the bleakness of Italy in 1939 and 1940, as war went from a possibility to a dreadful reality"--… (mehr)
In some ways, I read Iris Origo's war diaries in the wrong order, as I have recently finished her War in the Val d'Orcia, her account from 1943 -44, whereas this earlier book covers 1939-40. Whereas the later book described the chaos and suffering of Italian civilians caught between the Allies and the Germans in 1943 and 1944, this one covers the Italian version of the Phoney War, when Italian politicians were deciding who to side with, and indeed, whether to join in at all. Mussolini decided to throw in the country's lot with Hitler, and became increasingly hostile towards Britain and America - Origo was Anglo-American. She looks at propaganda, fake news, the thoughts of ordinary Italians, reluctant to have their menfolk called up, and their very disparate view of Il Duce. A privileged woman, she has insights into the thoughts of the Great and the Good, and it's these that inform her book, which unlike her later work more or less ignores the couple's day to day life - even to a large extent her pregnancy. So it's just as involving as her later book, and gives an understanding that England was not, as we in the UK might imagine, always seen as the Great White Knight standing powerfully against the might of Hitler and the German army. An excellent introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallet, and an equally informative afterword by Origo's granddaughter Katia Lypsy booked the diary. ( )
This would have been an interesting read at any time but reading it now, in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its recent mobilization, was fascinating. War and rumours of war. Nothing much changes. ( )
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In her late sixties Iris Origo wrote a memoir. (Introduction)
The train is packed; a thousand squadristi are on their way to Rome.
Iris Origo's handwriting was famously illegible. (Afterword)
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Picking her feet up, refusing to be hobbled by prejudice or sentimentality, she gives a perceptive, poignant and often surprising account of a strange time. (Introduction)
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"A harrowing account of life in Italy in the year leading up to World War II, available in the US for the first time. War in Italy in 1939 was by no means necessary or even beneficial to the country.But in June 1940, Mussolini finally declared war on Britain and France. The awfulinevitability with which Italy stumbled its way into a war for which they were illprepared and largely unenthusiastic is documented here with grace and clarity byone of the twentieth century's great diarists. This diary, which has never been published and was recently found in Iris Origo'sarchives, is the sad and arresting account of the grim absurdities that Italy and theworld underwent as war became more and more unavoidable. Origo, British-bornand living in Italy, was ideally placed to record the events. Extremely engaged withthe world around her, connected to people from all areas of society (from the peasantson her estate to the US ambassador to Italy), she writes of the turmoil, thedanger, and the bleakness of Italy in 1939 and 1940, as war went from a possibilityto a dreadful reality. A Chill in the Air covers the beginning of a war whose catastrophic effects are documentedin Origo's bestselling War in Val D'Orcia"--"War in Italy in 1939 was by no means necessary or even beneficial to the country. But in June 1940, Mussolini finally declared war on Britain and France. The awful inevitability with which Italy stumbled its way into a war for which they were ill prepared and largely unenthusiastic is documented here with grace and clarity by one of the twentieth century's great diarists. This diary, which has never been published and was recently found in Iris Origo's archives, is the sad and gripping account of the grim absurdities that Italy and the world underwent as war became more and more unavoidable. Origo, British-born and living in Italy, was ideally placed to record the events. Extremely engaged with the world around her, connected to people from all areas of society (from the peasants on her estate to the US ambassador to Italy), she writes of the turmoil, the danger, and the bleakness of Italy in 1939 and 1940, as war went from a possibility to a dreadful reality"--
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