The Vile and the Louche
David Todd, 25 June 2026
The First Fascist: The Life and Legacy of the Marquis de Morès
by Sergio Luzzatto.
Allen Lane, 488 pp., £30, February,978 0 241 71581 9 Show More
by Sergio Luzzatto.
Allen Lane, 488 pp., £30, February,
“... territory and cleansing it of undesirable aliens. By framing Morès as ‘the first fascist’, Sergio Luzzatto reopens the debate on the origins of fascism. His book avoids contentious arguments about the nature of fascism, focusing instead on fascist praxis and the way Morès pioneered the methods later made famous by the Blackshirts in Italy and the ... ”
