The earliest treatment of the Sicilian Mafia in literature by a 19th century American author, Corleone concerns Orsino and his brother Ippolito, the priest, taking the two of them to Sicily where they fall foul of bandits... [In the novel appears] the trick of Tebaldo Corleone who confesses a murder to Ippolito in order to bind the priest to secrecy and then accuses Ippolito of the murder. --www.bartleby.com et al.

Reproduction of the original: Corleone by F. Marion Crawford

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