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“Woodhouse has written a solidly documented work which should serve as the standard biography of D’Annunzio for years to come.”–International Review of Modernism”In this admirably level-headed biography [Woodhouse] does full justice to the poet’s genius and to the Nietzschean celebrity-hero’s significant role in European cultural and political history. His elegantly written book is scrupulous enough to satisfy his fellow-scholars, but it is also racy enough to provide plenty of thrills for the lay reader.”–The Sunday Times [London]“Certainly the best biography to have appeared in English, and probably the most readable in any language…. a remarkable feat of concise storytelling.”–Times Literary Supplement

Gabriele D’Annunzio, ‘Gabriel of the Annunciation’, shocked and dazzled early twentieth-century Europe with his sexual exploits, military feats, and political escapades. In a blaze of self-publicity those activities provided material (more…)