Letters show Mussolini's daughter love to communism

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36 passionate letters found on the Italian island of Lipari world reveal secret love daughter of former fascist dictator Benito Mussolini to a known Communist. Written in three languages ​​(French, English, Italian) secret correspondence was the inspiration for the book "Edda Ciano and the Communist. Unexpressed passion for the daughter of the dictator. "Author Marcello sorghum describes his work as "journalistic reconstruction" of the novel. The letters, dated from September 1945 to April 1947, talk about the feelings between the eldest daughter of Mussolini and Leonid Bonzhorno, a regional Communist leader and son of an influential anti-Fascist. Ed was married Galeazo Ciano, who reached the peak of his career, becoming foreign minister, but that was executed on the orders of his father after 1943 have created some controversy .. After the fall of the fascist regime to the end of the Second World War, Edda incarcerated on the island of Lipari , in Sicily, where he met Bonzhorno.According sorghum Leonid was well aware of the obvious contradiction between his political views as a Communist and a relationship with the daughter of fascist dictator. In many letters he tries to justify himself by the fact that only takes care of her ill health. According to the letter, which describes in detail the first meeting between the pair on the terrace on the way home Leonido, Ed initially did not allow myself or Leonido no emotional experiences. But after she left the island in June 1946 and returned to her children in Rome, she repeatedly invited Leonido move in with her, and not to abandon the happiness that God has given them. But they met only once, after which Leonido returned to the island, where he met his future wife. Ed that lifelong denied their active participation in Nazi activities, died in Rome in 1995. Mussolini was shot in April 1945 and Milan hung on public display still remains ambiguous nature in the Italian and world history. Some consider him a leader of racists and the man who held the whole country in a depression, while others support the view that it has upgraded the Italian economy and the entire state as a whole.