The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War

The Pike is a biography of the Italian writer Gabriele d’Annunzio. Lucy Hughes-Hallett tells it in a style more usual in fiction, echoing d’Annunzio’s own autobiography. Instead of relying on straightforward chronology, she approaches her subject through a variety of cross-sections, settings and small narratives. The American edition is titled Gabriele d’Annunzio: Poet, Seducer, and Preacher of War.