The Prince: A Novel
mar 2015 · Simon and Schuster tərəfindən satılır
4,0star
2 rəy
E-kitab
448
Səhifələr
family_home
Uyğundur
info
Bu e-kitab haqqında
Based on a true story, The Prince is a “complex, informed, and intelligent saga” (Kirkus Reviews) about the web of love, betrayal, and murder that forged the most powerful criminal organization in history—the Mafia.
In this remarkable novel, author Vito Bruschini brilliantly evokes the charismatic figure of Prince Ferdinando Licata, a wealthy Sicilian landowner who uses his personal power and charm to placate Sicilian peasants and fight off Mussolini’s fascists. As tensions rise in Italy during the 1930s, with increasingly violent consequences, Licata attracts many friends and even more enemies. Eventually implicated in a grisly murder, the prince flees to America, where he ends up navigating a turf war between Irish and Italian gangs of the Lower East Side.
Violence explodes in unexpected ways as Licata gains dominance over New York, with the help of a loyal townsman with blood ties to the prince who is forced to abandon his fiancée in Sicily. The two men return to their native land at the height of World War II in an outrageously bold maneuver engineered by Licata and mobster Lucky Luciano. Both the prince and his kinsman assist US naval intelligence during the invasion of Sicily and, once they are back on their native soil, they proceed to settle unfinished business with their enemies and unravel old secrets in a stunning and sinister finale.
Through a spellbinding story and unforgettable characters, Bruschini depicts in visceral detail the dark intertwining roots of loyalty and betrayal, poverty and privilege, secrets and revelations that contributed to the rise of the Mafia in Sicily and America.
In this remarkable novel, author Vito Bruschini brilliantly evokes the charismatic figure of Prince Ferdinando Licata, a wealthy Sicilian landowner who uses his personal power and charm to placate Sicilian peasants and fight off Mussolini’s fascists. As tensions rise in Italy during the 1930s, with increasingly violent consequences, Licata attracts many friends and even more enemies. Eventually implicated in a grisly murder, the prince flees to America, where he ends up navigating a turf war between Irish and Italian gangs of the Lower East Side.
Violence explodes in unexpected ways as Licata gains dominance over New York, with the help of a loyal townsman with blood ties to the prince who is forced to abandon his fiancée in Sicily. The two men return to their native land at the height of World War II in an outrageously bold maneuver engineered by Licata and mobster Lucky Luciano. Both the prince and his kinsman assist US naval intelligence during the invasion of Sicily and, once they are back on their native soil, they proceed to settle unfinished business with their enemies and unravel old secrets in a stunning and sinister finale.
Through a spellbinding story and unforgettable characters, Bruschini depicts in visceral detail the dark intertwining roots of loyalty and betrayal, poverty and privilege, secrets and revelations that contributed to the rise of the Mafia in Sicily and America.
Reytinqlər və rəylər
4,0
2 rəy
Müəllif haqqında
Vito Bruschini is a renowned Italian journalist who heads the news agency Globalpress. He lives in Rome, Italy.
Bu e-kitabı qiymətləndirin
Fikirlərinizi bizə deyin
Məlumat oxunur
Smartfonlar və planşetlər
Android və iPad/iPhone üçün Google Play Kitablar tətbiqini quraşdırın. Bu hesabınızla avtomatik sinxronlaşır və harada olmağınızdan asılı olmayaraq onlayn və oflayn rejimdə oxumanıza imkan yaradır.
Noutbuklar və kompüterlər
Kompüterinizin veb brauzerini istifadə etməklə Google Play'də alınmış audio kitabları dinləyə bilərsiniz.
eReader'lər və digər cihazlar
Kobo eReaders kimi e-mürəkkəb cihazlarında oxumaq üçün faylı endirməli və onu cihazınıza köçürməlisiniz. Faylları dəstəklənən eReader'lərə köçürmək üçün ətraflı Yardım Mərkəzi təlimatlarını izləyin.
