Boss of Bosses: How One Man Saved the Sicilian Mafia - Rilegato

Longrigg, Clare

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ISBN 10: 071956848X ISBN 13: 9780719568480

Casa editrice: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2008

Riassunto

Bernado Provenzano, head of the Sicilian mafia, is Italys most notorious criminal. But despite apparent sightings all over Europe, for 43 years he eluded the police, until, on 11 April 2006, a crack police team broke into a tiny shepherds hut in the mountains above Corleone. At last they were able to capture Provenzano, just a few miles from his home. A master of reinvention, he has been known variously as the Tractor, the Accountant, Uncle Bernie and even the Axe Man. He took over Cosa Nostra when it was on its knees, after the carnage of an all-out war with the state, and restored its power by going underground and infiltrating business, law and politics at the highest levels. In prison his human side emerged when his sole request was to marry his devoted companion, Saveria, who stood by him through years on the run. Provenzano's story is one of passion and betrayal, told by the investigators who tracked him down, the spies who worked for him, the officers who arrested him and his consigliere at the heart of Cosa Nostra.

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Descrizione del libro

A story of passion and betrayal, about the man who brought Cosa Nostra back from the brink of disaster

L'autore

Clare Longrigg was born in England in 1963. She is a journalist, who has worked on the Guardian and the Independent. She has written widely about the Italian mafia and published two books, Mafia Women, based on the stories of women in Italian organised crime, and No Questions Asked, about women in the US Cosa Nostra. She lives in London.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: John Murray Publishers Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 071956848X
• ISBN 13: 9780719568480
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 320