Murder and Media in the New Rome: The Fadda Affair - Hardcover

by T. Simpson (Author)

An insightful look into the origins of modern Italian media culture by examining a sensational crime and trial that took place in Rome in the late 1870s, when a bloody murder triggered a national spectacle that became the first great media circus in the new nation of Italy, crucially shaping the young state's public sphere and image of itself.

Author Biography

THOMAS SIMPSON Distinguished Senior Lecturer in Italian at Northwestern University, USA.