Palermo became an Italian city on 7 June 1860 when, under the terms of a ceasefire, two long columns of defeated troops snaked out from its eastern edges, and doubled back round outside the walls to await the ships that would ferry them home to Naples.
An edition of Cosa Nostra
(2004)
Cosa Nostra
A History of the Sicilian Mafia
by John Dickie and Dickie, John
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From the mafia's origins in the 1860s to its current tense relationship with the Berlusconi government, this is a vivid and gripping history of the Sicilian Mafia's inner sanctum.
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Mafia, History, United States, Historia, Sicily, True Crime / Espionage, History: World, Western Europe - General, Organized Crime, True Crime / Organized Crime, Italy, Modern - 20th Century, Mafia -- Italy -- Sicily -- History., Mafia -- United States -- History., Mafia -- Italia -- Sicilia -- Historia., Mafia -- Estados Unidos -- Historia., Organized crime, Sicily (italy), historyShowing 4 featured editions. View all 13 editions?
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Cosa Nostra: istorii͡a sit͡siliĭskoĭ mafii
2005, "ĖKSMO", Midgard
in Russian
5699126716 9785699126712
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Cosa Nostra: de geschiedenis van de Siciliaanse maffia
2004, Anthos, Standaard
in Dutch
9076341761 9789076341767
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Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia
October 7, 2004, Palgrave Macmillan
Hardcover
in English
1403966966 9781403966964
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Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia
January 2004, Hodder & Stoughton
Hardcover
in English
0340824344 9780340824344
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"Palermo became an Italian city on 7 June 1860 when, under the terms of a ceasefire, two long columns of defeated troops snaked out from its eastern edges, and doubled back round outside the walls to await the ships that would ferry them home to Naples."
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