Matorni's Vineyard

On the way to Monte Carlo a stranger, fearing assassination before he can cross the frontier, begs Mervyn Amory to take charge of certain papers destined for the "e;Red Shirts,"e; an Italian political party opposed to the "e;Black Shirts."e; Amory accepts the trust and that very night the stranger is killed.The story takes place in 1940, when the Italian dictator Matorni, swollen with pride of pow...