Those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword.
In 1935, Susan Shawe abandons England for Mussolini’s Italy, marrying a Fascist official and cutting herself off from her family. Thirty-seven years later, her nephew Charlie follows her path to Rome, hoping escape will give his life direction.
There he meets Rosa, Susan’s daughter: beautiful, enigmatic, and a member of the revolutionary movement Lotta Continua. But as Rosa draws Charlie into her world, he discovers that the passions and violence of an earlier generation have not disappeared—they’ve only changed their language.
Seductive and atmospheric, Chronicle of a Dream is a psychologically sharp literary thriller about ideological power, a dangerous legacy, and a past that repeats itself with devastating consequences.
