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The Pike

Gabriele D’Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War

by Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Publication: First published 2013
ISBN: 9780307263933

Baillie Gifford 2013 · Winner

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The story of Gabriele D'Annunzio: poet, daredevil - and Fascist.

Prize history

Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
2013

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