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The pre-dawn arrests of the last remaining mafiosi in December 2008 signalled the end of the Sicilian Mafia as we know it. In __Mafia: Inside the Dark Heart__, A.G.D. Maran charts the complete history of the world's most infamous criminal organisation, from its first incarnation as an alternative form of local government in the Sicilian countryside and arguable force for 'good' to the more familiar form that has been immortalised in films such as __The Godfather__, and its final defeat after a long-awaited change of attitude by the Italian government. The author has used his many Italian contacts and a decade of exhaustive research to bring to life the story of the Sicilian Mafia while also exploring the links to the Cosa Nostra in America. Along the way, he asks many provocative questions, including: Why was Lucky Luciano, the father of modern organised crime, freed from a life sentence in America and deported to Italy, allowing him to organise the international drug trade? Was the Mafia involved in the death of Pope John Paul I? Why did the Mafia murder Roberto Calvi, known as God's Banker? What is the relationship between the Mafia and Freemasonry? Why did successive Italian gov

Who reads Mafia : Inside the Dark Heart?

Author

Arnold G. D Maran

Publisher

Mainstream Publishing Company, Limited

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781845964573

Category

history

Subjects

Social Science, Fiction, True Crime

Rating

3.17 / 5 (42 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14