![]() ![]() This is no where near as entertaining as The Godfather, but I was glad I bought it. The story about the bandit is riveting and a fun listen, but there are several parts of the book dedicated to dry history lessons and politics. ![]() As far as entertainment value, it is a little boring for the first four chapters, picks up real well in the middle and then gets monotonous toward the end. I am glad I read this for the historical aspect alone. It is an enlightening historical fiction about the trials and tribulations of this family. This book is about the Borgia Family, Rodrigo, Cesare, Lucretia, Juan and Jofre. Through reading this book you will easily see how the Mafia got started but also how the Mafia itself grew in power and became another corrupt government, so that the poor peasants of Italy had not one but two masters to answer too. Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather, also wrote a book involving one of his great interests, Medieval Italy around the late 1400's and early 1500's. The book details how Italy throughout history was conquered, ill treated and terribly governed by the corrupt. I always wondered how such an organization ever got started and this book explains in detail how and why. It is also a history of Italy, Sicily and the Mafia. ![]() The main story is about a bandit Salvatore Guiliano who attempts to be a 1940's Robin Hood. Sometimes referred as the second in a series by Puzo on the Corleone family, this is really more of a side story. ![]()
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