Luigina

By Michael Littlefair

Luigina, was a matriarch from an old Italian Noble family. She was a highly respected local dignitary. When her husband's scandalous behaviour came to light, it threatened her family reputation. She decided to get rid of her boring husband. Because of her family and personal connections, she did this without suspicion.

• Language: English
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• Release date: Jul 16, 2017
• ISBN: 9781387104543

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Luigina ¹

By

Michael John Littlefair

Copyright © 2017 by Michael John Littlefair

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Marcus Aureleus

Capitoline Museum, Roma

2012.

Note 1:  Luigina in Greek means Well Born.

LUIGINA

Accept all external events. Treat death like childbirth, something natural that must happen to you. Treat anything you can endure as in your own interest.

Marcus Aurelius – Meditations

I first met Luigina around April 1981. She was the first cousin of my stepmother, Fiorella. My English mother had died in mid-1980 and after a few months of mourning, my f ather re-connected with an old flame he had met in Italy during World War II, when he was a sergeant in the British First Division. He fought at the first battle of Monte Cassino in 1943 and in January 1944 took part in the landings at Anzio, where he was recruited into British Military Intelligence. His commanding officer was Brigadier General W.R.C. Penney, and records show that the only Allied Intelligence unit operating out of Anzio was an American one, so presumably, my father was operating in

coordination with American Military Intelligence.

Father, Rome June 6 1944

Shortly after Anzio he was sent to Sheffield for training in sabotage and explosives use. He mentioned that on one occasion he had met Barnes-Wallis, the British explosives expert there.

In May 1944 he was sent to join an Italian Partisan group based in the Perugia area, north of Rome. His orders were to create as much damage and havoc as possible to the