An extraordinary series of murders and political assassinations has marked contemporary Italian history, from the killing of the king in 1900 to the assassination of former prime minister Aldo Moro in 1978. This book explores well-known and lesser-known assassinations and murders in their historical, political and cultural contexts.

Re-visiting an Assassination: The Death of Carlo Rosselli; S.Pugliese
Fascists and Fetishes: Clara Petacci and the Masochistic Scene; E.Leake
What Does It Matter If You Die? The Seven Cervi Brothers; P.Cooke
Rosi's Il Caso Mattei: Presenting the Case for Conspiracy; M.Wood
The Death of Giuseppe Pinelli. Truth, Representation, Memory: 1969-2006; J.Foot
The Genoa G8 and the Death of Carlo Giuliani; D.McDonnell
The Moro Affair: Interpretations and Consequences; T.Abse
From History to Mystery: The Parliamentary Inquiries into the Kidnapping and Murder of Aldo Moro, 1979-200; D.Moss
The Murder of Emanuele Notarbartolo and the Origins of the Mystique of the Mafia; R.Colucello
Mafia and Antimafia: Sciascia and Borsellino in Vincenzo Consolo's Lo Spasimo di Palermo; D.O'Connell
Chi L'ha Vista? Reflections on the Montesi Case; K.Pinkus
Pasolini's Murder: Interpretation, Event- Narratives and Post-Modern Impegno; R.Gordon
Making a Killing: The 'Monster of Florence' and the Trial(s) of Piero Pacciani; E.Nerenberg
Fashion Victims: the Gucci and Versace Murders; S.Gundle & L.Rinaldi
Between True Crime and Fiction: the World of Carlo Lucarelli; G.Pieri
The Anarchist Assassin and Italian History, 1870s to 1930s; C.Levy
Failed Assassins and Anti-heroes in Wertmuller's Love and Anarchy; D.Renga

STEPHEN GUNDLE is Professor of Italian Cultural History at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

LUCIA RINALDI completed her PhD dissertation at Royal Holloway, University of London on postmodernism and identity in contemporary Italian crime fiction and is a Teaching Fellow in Italian at the University of Exeter, UK.