Mafia: Inside the Dark Heart: The Rise and Fall of the Sicilian Mafia - Couverture rigide

 
9780312646585: Mafia: Inside the Dark Heart: The Rise and Fall of the Sicilian Mafia
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ISBN 10 : 0312646585 ISBN 13 : 9780312646585

Synopsis

Book by Maran AGD

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The pre-dawn arrests of the last remaining mafiosi in December 2008 signalled the end of the Sicilian Mafia as we know it. In Mafia: Inside the Dark Heart, A.G.D. Maran charts the complete history of the world's most infamous criminal organisation, from its first incarnation as an alternative form of local government in the Sicilian countryside and arguable force for 'good' to the more familiar form that has been immortalised in films such as The Godfather, and its final defeat after a long-awaited change of attitude by the Italian government.

The author has used his many Italian contacts and a decade of exhaustive research to bring to life the story of the Sicilian Mafia while also exploring the links to the Cosa Nostra in America. Along the way, he asks many provocative questions, including:

. Why was Lucky Luciano, the father of modern organised crime, freed from a life sentence in America and deported to Italy, allowing him to organise the international drug trade?

. Was the Mafia involved in the death of Pope John Paul I?

. Why did the Mafia murder Roberto Calvi, known as God's Banker?

. What is the relationship between the Mafia and Freemasonry?

. Why did successive Italian governments fail to tackle the Mafia?

. Why did it take 40 years to find the Last Godfathers?

These and many other riveting issues are covered in Maran's refreshing new take on a perennially enthralling subject.

Biographie de l'auteur

A.G.D. Maran is of Italian descent, and members of his family fled to the UK after being targeted by the Mafia in New York. He wrote the book after witnessing Mafia corruption spread quickly throughout Italian society.

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Date d'édition
1675
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0312646585
ISBN 13 
9780312646585
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
411
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1845964578 ISBN 13 :  9781845964573
Editeur : Mainstream Publishing, 2009
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