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TIMAVO MAY 27th, 1917: OF MAJOR GIOVANNI RANDACCIO’S FAILED VENTURE AND OF GABRIELE D’ANNUNZIO’S FALSE TALE
TIMAVO MAY 27th, 1917: OF MAJOR GIOVANNI RANDACCIO’S FAILED VENTURE AND OF GABRIELE D’ANNUNZIO’S FALSE TALE

TIMAVO MAY 27th, 1917: OF MAJOR GIOVANNI RANDACCIO’S FAILED VENTURE AND OF GABRIELE D’ANNUNZIO’S FALSE TALE

…Randaccio died an agonizing death […] D’Annunzio […] managed to turn his friend’s meaningless end into a gruesomely patriotic and romantic tale.