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A Bold and Dangerous Family
- The Remarkable Story of an Italian Mother, Her Two Sons, and Their Fight Against Fascism
- De: Caroline Moorehead
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 14 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 21
Members of the cosmopolitan, cultural aristocracy of Florence at the beginning of the 20th century, the Rosselli family, led by their fierce matriarch, Amelia, were vocal antifascists. As populist right-wing nationalism swept across Europe after World War I and Italy's prime minister, Benito Mussolini, began consolidating his power, Amelia's sons, Carlo and Nello, led the opposition, taking a public stand against Il Duce that few others in their elite class dared risk.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Too Much
- De Amazon Customer en 01-17-18
- A Bold and Dangerous Family
- The Remarkable Story of an Italian Mother, Her Two Sons, and Their Fight Against Fascism
- De: Caroline Moorehead
- Narrado por: John Lee
Good but grating
Revisado: 12-17-24
The story of the Rosselli family Is compelling, and gives a keen insight into the rise of Fascism and the anti fascist movement. The narrator's voice is sonorous and pleasant, but the butchering of Italian words is beyond grating, and diminishes the thoroughness of Moorehead's research. It would have behooved them to have an Italian speaker (or even a quick reference to a translation app) "proof listen" to correct the numerous pronunciation errors. (Guglielmo, Italianità, Salò just to name a few.)
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Coming Out Christian in the Roman World
- How the Followers of Jesus Made a Place in Caesar's Empire
- De: Douglas Boin
- Narrado por: Neil Hellegers
- Duración: 6 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 20
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 20
The supposed collapse of Roman civilization is still lamented more than 1,500 years later - and intertwined with this idea is the notion that a fledgling religion, Christianity, went from a persecuted fringe movement to an irresistible force that toppled the empire. The intolerant zeal of Christians, wrote Edward Gibbon, swept Rome's old gods away, and with them the structures that sustained Roman society. Not so, argues Douglas Boin.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not quite what I was hoping for
- De Grant en 05-19-15
- Coming Out Christian in the Roman World
- How the Followers of Jesus Made a Place in Caesar's Empire
- De: Douglas Boin
- Narrado por: Neil Hellegers
The more things change, the more they stay the same
Revisado: 06-27-23
For me this book was very thought provoking, encompassing the ancient Roman religion dating back to the Regal period when Tarquin the Proud struck a bargain to purchase books of prophecy from the Sybilline Oracles to the their inclusion in devoutly Christian Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarotti’s Sistine Chapel. There is so much to consider on this topic but focusing on the first four centuries of Christianity, the author shows us the seeds of early Christianity fighting to survive in the the midst of the Roman world until it takes over the garden attempting to choke out all others forms of worship, and even squabbling over the niggling details of how to worship Christ. It is both frustrating and comforting to know that these issues which still plague us today were issues that early Christians grappled with so long ago.
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