On April 7, 1926, Irish woman Violet Gibson attempted to assassinate the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini. How had Violet Gibson’s life gone from the well-heeled upbringing of Merrion ...

A portrait of Benito Mussolini and his political rise, from the foundation of the Italian Fasci to the imposition of the most ferocious dictatorship Italy has ever known. Mussolini creates the ...

Benito Mussolini was not the bumbling buffoon portrayed in popular culture, but the most powerful force behind the rise of European Fascism before World War Two. Using archival material kept across ...

Gibson, a 50-year-old upper-class woman from Dublin, shot Mussolini in the face while he walked through the crowd at the Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome on April 7, 1926.

He took part in the invasion of Sicily and mainland Italy. Whilst in Italy rumours circulated about one of Mussolini's hats having 'gone missing' during the allied advance. It was believed to have ...