{"product_id":"9783032084958","title":"Italian and Italian American Studies: Radio Journalist Lisa Sergio","description":"\u003ch1\u003eItalian and Italian American Studies: Radio Journalist Lisa Sergio\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eGerbi, Sandro; Schutt, Will\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eOn the evening of May 9, 1936, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003ea slim, elegant woman stood in Rome’s Piazza Venezia and – in perfect English – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003ebroadcast Mussolini’s famous speech on the conquest of Ethiopia. Her name was Lisa Sergio (1905–1989), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eher nickname \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e“the golden voice” of Mussolini. A Florentine journalist, with American parents, she was fired from her job at the Propaganda Ministry \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003ethe following summer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e, most likely for gossiping about a brief affair with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eher boss\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e, Mussolini’s son in law, Galeazzo Ciano. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eAided\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eNobel-winning Guglielmo Marconi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eshe established herself in the US and resumed broadcasting, now as a liberal commentator,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e surrounding herself with a network of luminaries, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eincluding \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eEleanor Roosevelt. After the war, she was accused by the FBI of Communist sympathies and in the McCarthy years banished from the radio. Tired of this situation, in 1960, she moved to Washington, where she re-invented herself as a travelling lecturer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003ein current affairs. She remained in the US for the rest of her life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2026-01-17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783032084958\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-032-08496-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 269\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Neri Pozza Editore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44477397926028,"sku":"9783032084958","price":107.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032084958.jpg?v=1772933262","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032084958","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}