# The Force of Destiny

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- Book: [The Force of Destiny](https://www.bookquiver.com/christopher-duggan/the-force-of-destiny) ([The Force of Destiny.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/christopher-duggan/the-force-of-destiny.md))
- Authors: [Christopher Duggan](https://www.bookquiver.com/christopher-duggan)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4190-834-2
- Published: 2008-05-29
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

The greatness of Italy's culture and way of life have had a powerful attraction for many generations of visitors. This has created an overwhelming sense that Italy is a fundamentally benign and easy going country. The Force of Destiny, Christopher Duggan's immensely enjoyable new book, lays waste to this idea. While sharing everyone's enthusiasm for Italy as a place, he strongly distinguishes this from its political role over the past two centuries, which has been both vicious and ruinous for Europe as a whole.