Forewarned, in the introduction, by the author's declaration of intent, the reader expects a sympathetic biography.

ECONOMIST: Financial history

He has been President of the Scottish Medico-Legal Society since 1996 and is the author of Medical Negligence: An Introduction (1983).

BBC: The men in robes

"Those who have called themselves fascists have had many different views, and they have often evolved over time, " said Passmore, Reader in History at Cardiff University in Wales and the author of "Fascism: a very short introduction".

CNN: 'Fascist' Di Canio polarizes opinion