MOSA NOSTRA IS THE COMPELLING STORY OF THE SICILIAN MAFIA, THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS, MOST SECRETIVE AND MOST MISUNDERSTOOD CRIMINAL FRATERNITY.
THE MAFIA HAS BEEN GIVEN MANY NAMES SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY YEARS AGO: THE SECT, THE BROTHERHOOD, THE HONOURED SOCIETY, AND NOW COSA NOSTRA. YET AS TIMES HAVE CHANGED, THE MAFIA'S SUBTLE AND BLOODY METHODS HAVE REMAINED THE SAME. NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, COSA NOSTRA RECONSTRUCTS THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE SICILIAN MAFIA FROM ITS ORIGINS TO THE PRESENT DAY, FROM THE LEMON GROVES AND SULPHUR MINES OF SICILY, TO THE STREETS OF MANHATTAN.
COSA NOSTRA TAKES US INSIDE THE THOUGHT-PROCESSES OF THE MAFIA'S LEADERS AND FOOT SOLDIERS, ITS FRIENDS AND ITS FOES. ITS CAST OF CHARACTERS INCLUDES ANTONINO GIAMMONA, THE FIRST MAN WITH A CLAIM TO THE TITLE 'BOSS OF BOSSES'; EMANUELE NOTARBARTOLO, THE HONEST AND COURAGEOUS BANKER WHO IN 1893 BECAME THE MAFIA'S FIRST 'EMINENT CORPSE; AND NEW YORK COP JOE PETROSINO WHO UNDERESTIMATED THE SICILIAN MAFIA AND PAID FOR THIS WITH HIS LIFE.
LIVELY, COLOURFUL AND RESONANT WITH HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY DETAIL, COSA NOSTRA SHEDS A MUCH-NEEDED LIGHT ON A DARK AND FASCINATING HISTORY.