Patrick Geoghegan

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1,107 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 7 Aug

Patrick Geoghegan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan · Mussolini and Fascist Italy · 10 Jun 2026 podcast

About that Greek tragedy and just how terrible it all became. voice-verified

That's coming up right after this. voice-verified

Well, welcome back to Talking History as we look at Mussolini and Italian fascism. voice-verified

I'm delighted to be rejoined by Caroline Moorhead, the author of Edda Mussolini, The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe. voice-verified

And Caroline, let's talk about that Greek tragedy because it all does seem to go horribly wrong. voice-verified

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uh for the Mussolinis, and I'm just wondering why does Chano vote against his father in law in nineteen forty three? voice-verified

I'm surprised that he didn't either A vote with his father in law or else B just abstain from it. voice-verified

Why take that definitive stand against him? voice-verified

And she accused her father of being Punchus Pilot. voice-verified

And I wonder did those diaries survive uh the husband's diaries? voice-verified

It's an incredible story of love and betrayal and death and revenge. voice-verified

But I I'm I'm interested in the psychology of Etta during that period between uh Mussolini being deposed and then his return, and then I suppose that period up until the death of her husband. voice-verified

W I'm surprised she wasn't more angry towards her husband. voice-verified

I'm surprised that given all that you said about their relationship in the thirties, that voice-verified

This is when it gets closer and that they're sending love letters and there's all of this like why wasn't she furious with her husband for siding against her father? voice-verified

Why why didn't she wash her hands off him? voice-verified

Do you see her as a villain during this period or do you see her as a victim or is it possible that she's both? voice-verified

And were there any attempts to prosecute her afterwards or it seems to me that she wasn't seen afterwards as a significant enough figure that in a way that helped her uh to avoid maybe the the kinds of scrutiny that other figures had? voice-verified

And it's extraordinary to think that she was still alive all the way up to nineteen ninety five. voice-verified

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