This week, Lucy Dallas and Alex Clark are joined by Lucy Hughes-Hallett to discuss two books about Mussolini’s Italy, and train buff extraordinaire Andrew Martin gets on board with a history of British Rail.
‘Blood and Power: The Rise and Fall of Italian Fascism’ by John Foot
’Mussolini Also Did a Lot of Good: The Spread of Historical Amnesia’ by Francesco Filippi
‘British Rail: A New History’ by Christian Wolmar
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