See why Benito Mussolini was considered a pioneer ... 2008 Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan. Ridley, Jasper. Mussolini: A Biography. 2000 Cooper Square Press.

For starters, Benito Mussolini (played by Luca Marinelli) is constantly pausing the action to talk directly to the viewer a la House of Cards. “Follow me,” he says early in the first episode.

A portrait of Benito Mussolini and his political rise, from the foundation of the Italian Fasci to the imposition of the most ferocious dictatorship Italy has ever known.