Death in Rome
by Katz, Robert
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Benalla, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: New English Library, 1975. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 220 pages. The pages are tanned, else a clean, unmarekd and solid copy. 'Death in Rome' was filmed as 'Massacre in Rome' starrring Richard Burton and Marcello Mastroianni. "The Ardeatine massacre, or Fosse Ardeatine massacre (Italian: Eccidio delle Fosse Ardeatine), was a mass killing of 335 civilians and political prisoners carried out in Rome on 24 March 1944 by German occupation troops during the Second World War as a reprisal for the Via Rasella attack in central Rome against the SS Police Regiment Bozen the previous day. Subsequently, the Ardeatine Caves site (Fosse Ardeatine was declared a Memorial Cemetery and National Monument open daily to visitors. Every year, on the anniversary of the slaughter and in the presence of the senior officials of the Italian Republic, a solemn state commemoration is held at the monument in honour of the fallen. Each year, 335 names are called out, a simple roll call of the dead, to reinforce that 335 discrete individuals symbolise a collective entity" (Wikipedia)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Good Reading Second Hand Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019618
- Title
- Death in Rome
- Author
- Katz, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- New English Library
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
- Keywords
- Ardeatine Caves Massacre Rome
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Benalla, Victoria
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Good Reading operates from a house, which is all bookshop, and holds approximately 35,000 titles. It is open by appointment only.Benalla is a country town two and a half hours north of Melbourne on both the Hume and the Midland Highway.
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