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Death and the Dolce Vita: The Dark Side of Rome in the 1950s
On 9 April 1953 an attractive twenty-one-year-old woman went missing from her family home in Rome. Thirty-six hours later her body was found washed up on a neglected beach. Some said it was suicide; others, a tragic accident. But as the police tried to close the case, darker rumours bubbled to the surface. Could it be that the mysterious death of this quiet, conservative girl was linked to a drug-fuelled orgy, involving some of the richest and most powerful men in Italy?
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Death and the Dolce Vita: The Dark Side of Rome in the 1950s
On 9 April 1953 an attractive twenty-one-year-old woman went missing from her family home in Rome. Thirty-six hours later her body was found washed up on a neglected beach. Some said it was suicide; others, a tragic accident. But as the police tried to close the case, darker rumours bubbled to the surface. Could it be that the mysterious death of this quiet, conservative girl was linked to a drug-fuelled orgy, involving some of the richest and most powerful men in Italy?
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Death and the Dolce Vita: The Dark Side of Rome in the 1950s

Death and the Dolce Vita: The Dark Side of Rome in the 1950s

by Stephen Gundle
Death and the Dolce Vita: The Dark Side of Rome in the 1950s
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Death and the Dolce Vita: The Dark Side of Rome in the 1950s

Death and the Dolce Vita: The Dark Side of Rome in the 1950s

by Stephen Gundle

Overview

On 9 April 1953 an attractive twenty-one-year-old woman went missing from her family home in Rome. Thirty-six hours later her body was found washed up on a neglected beach. Some said it was suicide; others, a tragic accident. But as the police tried to close the case, darker rumours bubbled to the surface. Could it be that the mysterious death of this quiet, conservative girl was linked to a drug-fuelled orgy, involving some of the richest and most powerful men in Italy?

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781847676559
Publisher: Canongate Books
Publication date: 05/03/2012
Edition description: Main
Pages: 416
Product dimensions: 4.90(w) x 7.70(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Stephen Gundle is an historian with specialist interest in modern Italy. His books include Bellissima: Feminine Beauty and the Idea of Italy and Glamour: A History. Professor of Film and Television Studies at the Universityof Warwick, he has also lived for many years in Italy, and is a contributor to History Today, Radio 4's Night Waves and the Italian press.

Table of Contents

Dramatis Personae ix

Prologue 1

Part 1

I The Body on the Beach 11

II The Rumour Mill 23

III Politics and Scandal 35

IV Via Margutta 47

V Hollywood on the Tiber 58

VI Girl About Town 74

VII The Marchese of San Bartolomeo 89

VIII New and Old Rome 97

Part 2

IX Muto on Trial 111

X A New Investigation 133

XI Via Veneto 154

XII Piccioni's Alibi 167

XIII The Establishment Fights Back 179

XIV A Family Under Stress 186

XV The Long Arm of the Mafia 201

XVI Dr Sepe Reports 216

XVII The Venice Trial 229

Part 3

XVIII The Rise of the Paparazzi 267

XIX The 'Sweet Life' on Screen 290

XX Aftermath 306

XXI Keys to the Case 321

Epilogue 343

Bibliography 355

Filmography 366

Notes on Sources 367

Acknowledgements 382

Index 385

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