The Craft by John Dickie

The Craft by John Dickie

Professor John Dickie's riveting new history of Freemasonry - an organization as mysterious as it is influential.

This eye-opening account.. is an epic, continent-spanning story that reaches right into the present. * History Revealed *
'Dickie's book acts as a soothing balm for these irritated, irritating and irritable times... startling... distinctly refreshing... astonishing... Dickie laces his text with enough bizarre characters to pull the reader through, and his no-nonsense tone is a tonic.' * Standpoint magazine *
'A work that is sweeping, synthetic, finely crafted and freshly conceived.' * Literary Review *

John Dickie is Professor of Italian Studies at University College London. Hodder & Stoughton published his Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia in 2004, to ecstatic reviews. It became an international bestseller, with over 20 translations, and won the CWA Dagger Award for Non-fiction that year. Since then he has published Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and their Food (2007) - now a six-part TV series for HIstory Channel Italia and other networks worldwide. His most recent books are Mafia Brotherhoods (2011) and Mafia Republic: Italy's Criminal Curse (2013).

In 2005 the President of the Italian Republic appointed him a Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarieta Italiana.

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ISBN 13	9781473658226
ISBN 10	1473658225
Title	The Craft
Author	John Dickie
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton
Year published	2021-05-13
Number of pages	496
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