Naples 1343: The Unexpected Origins of the Mafia - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Amedeo Feniello, Antony Shugaar (Translator)Publish date:2024-11-26Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Other Press (NY)ISBN-13:9781590511039ISBN-10:1590511034UPC:9781590511039Book Category:History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:Europe, Organized CrimeBook Topic:Italy, RenaissanceSize:9.37 x 6.34 x 1.09 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SC37BBTAXN
Naples 1343: The Unexpected Origins of the Mafia
A fresh perspective on the early mafia as a means of resistance against invasion, this gripping history illustrates the previously unknown extent of these families' power in the 14th century. 1343: there is famine in Naples. After nightfall, a Genoese ship loaded with wheat is attacked by members of two local clans who brutally kill several sailors and their captain. The attackers returned to the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Other Press (NY)ISBN-13:9781590511039ISBN-10:1590511034UPC:9781590511039Book Category:History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:Europe, Organized CrimeBook Topic:Italy, RenaissanceSize:9.37 x 6.34 x 1.09 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SC37BBTAXN
Amedeo Feniello teaches Medieval History in the Department of Social Science at the University of L'Aquila in Italy. He has taught and conducted research at the EHESS in Paris and at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Naples 1343 is his first book to appear in English. Antony Shugaar is the author of a number of books and has translated hundreds of others, including Everything Is...
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