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BLOOD BROTHERHOODS is the enthralling new history of Italian organised crime by the author of the international bestseller COSA NOSTRA. Mafia. Camorra. 'Ndrangheta. The Sicilian mafia, or Cosa Nostra, is far from being Italy's only dangerous criminal fraternity. The south of the country hosts two other major mafias: the camorra, from Naples and its hinterland; and the 'ndrangheta, the mafia from the poor and isolated region of Calabria that has now risen to become the most powerful mob of all. Each of these brotherhoods has its own methods, its own dark rituals, its own style of ferocity and corruption. Their early history is little known; indeed some of it has been entirely shrouded in myth and silence until now. BLOOD BROTHERHOODS is a book of breathtaking ambition, charting the birth and rise of all three of Italy's mafias. It blends ground-breaking archival research, passionate narrative, and shrewd historical analysis to bring Italy's unique 'criminal ecosystem', and the three terrifying criminal brotherhoods that evolved within it, to life on the page. Published in paperback in February 2012 as MAFIA BROTHERHOODS.
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His narrative bowls along, powered by the sort of muscular prose one associates with great detective fiction. An exhilarating history. (Financial Times)
'Exciting and well-written, it plays out like a 19th-century Sopranos'. (Shortlist)
Both fine social history and hair-raising true crime, this account of the Italian underworld clans tells a grimly fascinating tale. (Independent)
Combines his trademark of scholarly documentation with a rattling good read. (Matthew Fort)
Chilling but essential reading if you want to understand the mindset of the darkest elements of Italian life. (RTE Guide)
By shining a light so powerfully into the darkest recesses of mafia mythology and history, Dickie's new book will certainly provide a concrete tool in the anti-mafia struggle to which many Italians and Calabrians in Australia and Italy are passionately committed. (Australian Literary Review)
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'Exciting and well-written, it plays out like a 19th-century Sopranos'. (Shortlist)
Both fine social history and hair-raising true crime, this account of the Italian underworld clans tells a grimly fascinating tale. (Independent)
Combines his trademark of scholarly documentation with a rattling good read. (Matthew Fort)
Chilling but essential reading if you want to understand the mindset of the darkest elements of Italian life. (RTE Guide)
By shining a light so powerfully into the darkest recesses of mafia mythology and history, Dickie's new book will certainly provide a concrete tool in the anti-mafia struggle to which many Italians and Calabrians in Australia and Italy are passionately committed. (Australian Literary Review)
John Dickie is Professor of Italian Studies at University College London and an internationally recognised expert on many aspects of Italian history. In 2005 he was awarded the title Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidariet? Italiana.
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- EditoreHodder & Stoughton General Division
- Data di pubblicazione2011
- ISBN 10 0340963921
- ISBN 13 9780340963920
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero edizione1
- Numero di pagine448
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered boards with white titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. BLOOD BROTHERHOODS is the enthralling new history of Italian organised crime, by the author of the international bestseller COSA NOSTRA. The Sicilian mafia, or Cosa Nostra, is far from being Italy's only dangerous criminal fraternity. The south of the country hosts two other major mafias: the camorra, from Naples and its hinterland; and the 'ndrangheta, the mafia from the poor and isolated region of Calabria that has now risen to become the most powerful mob of all. Each of these brotherhoods has its own methods, its own dark rituals, its own style of ferocity and corruption. Their early history is little known; indeed some of it has been entirely shrouded in myth and silence until now. BLOOD BROTHERHOODS is a book of breathtaking ambition, charting the birth and rise of all three of Italy's mafias. It blends ground-breaking archival research, passionate narrative, and shrewd historical analysis to bring Italy's unique 'criminal ecosystem', and the three terrifying criminal brotherhoods that evolved within it, to life on the page. A very detailed and informative account of the Italian Mafias. The author has done a great deal of research and gotten every possible important detail that he could find. The only down side is that you do not get a definite account of the origins of the mafias because either evidence has been destroyed, lost over time or more commonly the organisations were just to secretive and not much was ever revealed. You get some great fairy tales and myths though, so it is interesting just to hear about them. If you are interested in the history of the Italian mafias, then you will not find a better book than this. Ref II 3. Codice articolo 029524
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