Giancarlo de Cataldo
1) Suburra
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Ostia, a depressed coastal settlement twenty miles from the powerful and corrupt city of Rome, a mighty local crime family, the Mafia, corrupt politicians, and new rabid criminal elements battle each other for a billion-dollar payoff. During the final days of Silvio Berlusconi's reign, a massive development proposal that will turn Ostia into a gambling paradise, a Las Vegas on the Mediterranean, is winding its way through the Italian legislature...
Author
Publisher
Rocaeditorial
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
Description
Calabria, 1844. Lorenzo de Vallelaura, un joven aristócrata, es capturado por participar en un levantamiento contra la monarquía de los Borbones. Ante él se presenta una deshonrosa disyuntiva: morir o salvar la vida a cambio de cometer traición. Su misión consistirá en espiar a Guiseppe Mazzini, el revolucionario exiliado en Londres tras el fracaso de los levantamientos por él liderados en 1821 y 1832. Lorenzo, un joven educado y atractivo,...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Italiano
Description
"A criminal known as 'The Lebanese' has a dream: to conquer the underworld of Rome. To carry out this feat without precedent he puts together a ruthless and highly organized gang. Their progress and changes in leadership take place over twenty-five years, from the 1970s to the '90s, and are inseparably intertwined with the dark history of modern Italy." --
