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Record Nr.

UNINA9910571701803321

Autore

De Troja Elisabetta

Titolo

L'ultimo canto del cigno : Il delitto Notarbartolo a Firenze (un processo di mafia) / / Elisabetta De Troja

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Florence : , : Firenze University Press, , 2019

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (114 pages)

Collana

Fonti storiche e letterarie - Edizioni cartacee e digitali

Disciplina

809

Soggetti

Literature - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The murder of Emanuele Notarbartolo, former director of the Banco di Palermo, at the hands of the Sicilian Mafia in 1893 represents a controversial and obscure event in Italian history. There were three trials (Milan, Bologna, Florence), which also involved a Sicilian deputy: Raffaele Palizzolo. Anna Franchi's documentation work takes place in the Assize court of Florence: she attended every hearing, and observed relentlessly both the 'Mafia' phenomenon and the actual theatre of testimonies, confessions, retractions and false tracks characterising the trial in Florence (1903-1904). It was possible to widely integrate Franchi's account after the discovery of the entire folder relating to the process in the State Archives of Florence: about 1500 handwritten pages by the various chancellors dealing with the trial. The trial ended in a general acquittal for principals and executors for lack of evidence. For some, Sicily's honour was safe, but for many others, the truth was forever covered up.