Acknowledgments
Introduction: Virgil's Golden Egg
1. On Stage
2. Chaos
3. The Dead
4. Crime
5. Conclusion: Naples' Destiny
Index
Michael A. Ledeen
-Ledeen, a former consultant to the US National Security Council
and the Defense Department Channels his enthusiasm for the city of
Naples into a unique meditation on the origins of its creativity.
His exploration touches on the city's roots, history, religion,
myths, Mafia ties, customs, and finally destiny, culminating in an
exuberant celebration of its rich culture.- --Book News Inc. -The
essential thing to grasp, as Ledeen makes clear with his lively
prose and encyclopedic knowledge of Neapolitan anecdote, is that
Naples is not Italian at all... Ledeen argues that the fact of its
continuous habitation means that Naples is almost a microcosm of
European history; a unique record of a place that has received the
marks of every passing political and cultural current without ever
having been completely conquered by any.- --Richard Fernandez,
pjmedia.com
"Ledeen, a former consultant to the US National Security Council
and the Defense Department Channels his enthusiasm for the city of
Naples into a unique meditation on the origins of its creativity.
His exploration touches on the city's roots, history, religion,
myths, Mafia ties, customs, and finally destiny, culminating in an
exuberant celebration of its rich culture." --Book News Inc. "The
essential thing to grasp, as Ledeen makes clear with his lively
prose and encyclopedic knowledge of Neapolitan anecdote, is that
Naples is not Italian at all... Ledeen argues that the fact of its
continuous habitation means that Naples is almost a microcosm of
European history; a unique record of a place that has received the
marks of every passing political and cultural current without ever
having been completely conquered by any." --Richard Fernandez,
pjmedia.com
"Ledeen, a former consultant to the US National Security Council
and the Defense Department Channels his enthusiasm for the city of
Naples into a unique meditation on the origins of its creativity.
His exploration touches on the city's roots, history, religion,
myths, Mafia ties, customs, and finally destiny, culminating in an
exuberant celebration of its rich culture." --Book News Inc. "The
essential thing to grasp, as Ledeen makes clear with his lively
prose and encyclopedic knowledge of Neapolitan anecdote, is that
Naples is not Italian at all... Ledeen argues that the fact of its
continuous habitation means that Naples is almost a microcosm of
European history; a unique record of a place that has received the
marks of every passing political and cultural current without ever
having been completely conquered by any." --Richard Fernandez,
pjmedia.com
"Ledeen, a former consultant to the US National Security Council
and the Defense Department Channels his enthusiasm for the city of
Naples into a unique meditation on the origins of its creativity.
His exploration touches on the city's roots, history, religion,
myths, Mafia ties, customs, and finally destiny, culminating in an
exuberant celebration of its rich culture."--Book News Inc."The
essential thing to grasp, as Ledeen makes clear with his lively
prose and encyclopedic knowledge of Neapolitan anecdote, is that
Naples is not Italian at all... Ledeen argues that the fact of its
continuous habitation means that Naples is almost a microcosm of
European history; a unique record of a place that has received the
marks of every passing political and cultural current without ever
having been completely conquered by any."--Richard Fernandez,
pjmedia.com
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