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English ed. (1925)

{it} Margherita Sarfatti. Dux. Milano: Mondadori, 1926.

Translations

German ed. (1926)

French ed. (1927)

Spanish ed. (1940)

• {en} The Life of Benito Mussolini, tr. Frederic Whyte. (London [England]: T. Butterworth, Ltd.; New York [USA]: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1925). <It was published the year before the Italian ed.>

• {de} Mussolini: Lebensgeschichte, tr. Alfred M. Balte. Leipzig: List, 1926.

• {fr} Mussolini: l'homme et le chef, tr. Maria Croci and Eugène Marsan. Paris: Michel, 1927.

• {es} Mussolini: el hombre y el duce, tr. Luis Horno Liria y Carlos M. Alvarez Peña. Barcelona [Spain]: Editorial juventud s.a.; Buenos Aires [Argentina]: Editorial juventud argentina, 1940.

Abstract

"Sarfatti's book was first published in 1925 in Britain under the title The Life of Benito Mussolini; it was published the following year in Italy with the title Dux. Because of the fame of Mussolini and the author's familiarity with the dictator, the book was a success. Seventeen editions were printed and it was translated into 18 languages."--

"Margherita Sarfatti was a key architect in promoting the cult of the Duce. Her official biography of Mussolini, Dux, appeared in Italy in 1926. The book was eventually translated into eighteen other languages and helped to shape and bolster the Fascist dictator's image internationally as Italy's savior and the heir to the Caesars of Ancient Rome."--