Rebels and mafiosi: Death in a Sicilian Landscape

For centuries, Sicilian "men of honour" have fought the controls of government. Between 1820 and 1860, rebellions shook the island as these men joined with Sicily´ s intellectuals in the struggle for independence fronm the Bourbon Kingdom of Naples. This lively account describes how those rebellions eled to the birth of the modern mafia and traces the increasing influence of organized crime on the island.