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    The Bastardo
    The Bastardo
    The Bastardo
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    The Bastardo

    By steve kravetz

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    It would take a perfect storm in time to create the need, the money, and the politics that would create in the 1860s the birth of the Sicilian Mafia.


    It will take a perfect plan by Don Leonardo La Barbra to save his ancient family's estate and business from his weak son and his twin uncles who now control it all. A bred male fo

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSteven Mark Kravetz
    Release dateApr 3, 2021
    ISBN9780999635568
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