The Honoured Society describes how the US army returned the Mafia to power in 1944, after Mussolini came close to destroying them. It looks at the Mafia in their homeland – how in attempting to preserve Sicily for the Sicilians in the face of countless invasions it infiltrated every aspect of the island’s life, corrupting landowners, the police, the judiciary and even the church. In one chilling chapter Norman Lewis details the escapades of eighty-year-old Padre Camelo, who led his monks on sprees of murder and extortion, frequently using the confessional box for transmitting threats.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 270 ● ISBN 9781906011963 ● File size 0.6 MB ● Publisher Eland Publishing ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2429806 ● Copy protection Social DRM
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