Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall (Isis Series) [Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Spike Milligan (Author)

Book Description

Series: Isis Series | Publication Date: March 1994

Britannia rules the waves TA-RA, but on occasions she waives the rules and Spike is all set to liberate-gasp-Italy. In this fourth volume of war memoirs, Lance-Bombardier Milligan (Spike actually) continues his notorious sage of World War II - from the long remembered outbreak of crabs in monkey to the unfortunate ack-acking of and American killyhawk. Dio mio, is war is a game of cards, someone was cheating.

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About the Author

Spike Milligan was born at Ahmednagar in India in 1918. He received his first education in a tent in the Hyderabad Sindh desert and graduated from there, through a series of Roman Catholic schools in India and England, to the Lewisham Polytechnic. He then plunged into the world of Show Business, seduced by his first stage appearance, at the age of eight, in the nativity play of his Poona convent school. He began his career as a band musician, but has since become famous as a humorous scriptwriter and actor in both films and broadcasting. Spike received an honorary CBE in 1992. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From AudioFile

If you loved "The Goon Show," a wacky British series of the '50's and '60's, you'll love this autobiography of one of its creative spirits--Spike Milligan. Sometimes, with some people, this type of British wit travels well over the Atlantic. The author, as narrator, gets as much enjoyment out of his words as the listener. His voice is gruff but not hard to listen to. He knows his subject, and since he thinks he's funny, so will the reader. Not all of the book is humorous (wars never are), but it's an interesting tale. The production is well done. This is one for real Anglophiles. E.F. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Isis Audio; Unabridged edition (March 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1850898391
• ISBN-13: 978-1850898399
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,254,742 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What a fantastically funny, and interesting tale Spike tells, September 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall (ISIS Large Print) (Hardcover)

Spike Milligan has surely outdone himself with this book. I found it in my parents attic a couple of years ago, and have read, and re-read it many times. Milligans own 'unique' brand of humour comes pouring through page after page in this wonderfully frank and lucid account of his time in the Royal Artillery in WWII. Tragic and funny- highly reccommended.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book, still going strong, April 16, 2003

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Lee E. "idlefingers" (Arkansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall (ISIS Large Print) (Hardcover)

There's something about MUSSOLINI that does not make it as memorable as his past war books. Granted it is still a great book, and it flows along wonderfully, until after the Christmas program. Everything after that seems rushed up until the abrupt ending. Even still, this book is wonderful, sad, funny and corny (he groans over some of his own jokes). What makes all his memoirs so priceless are not just his jokes, but the people in his 19 Battery that, with their antics, brings the book to life.

* This review is for Spike Milligan's MUSSOLINI: HIS PART IN MY DOWNFALL. How it ended up in EIGHT FEET... is beyond me.

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good old Spike has done it again., May 7, 2001

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Betti Trapp - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall (ISIS Large Print) (Hardcover)

Truly a funny guy, Spike has a way of letting you look at the harsh realities of WWII in a brand new way. Much of his humor gets lost in the shuffle, but what comes through is fabulously funny and just a simple joy to read.