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Boss of bosses / Clare Longrigg.

Title
Boss of bosses / Clare Longrigg.
Author
Longrigg, Clare.
Publication
London : John Murray : an Hachette Livre UK Co., 2008.

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Description
xii, 300 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports.; 24 cm.
Summary
Bernado Provenzano, head of the Sicilian mafia, is Italy's 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 shepherd's 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.
Subject
  • Provenzano, Bernardo, 1933-
  • 1900-1999
  • Geschichte 1970-2006
  • Mafia > Sicily
  • Fugitives from justice > Sicily > Biography
  • Political corruption > Italy > History > 20th century
  • Organized crime > Sicily
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • History
Note
  • Subtitle from jkt.: How Bernardo Provenzano saved the Mafia.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliography (p. 286-288) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9780719568480 (hbk.)
  • 071956848X (hbk.)
  • 9780719568497 (trade pbk.)
  • 0719568498 (trade pbk.)
OCLC
  • 231682551
  • SCSB-12863133
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library