Professor John Dickie, LLB

John Dickie lectures in Italian Studies at University College London. "Cosa Nostra", his award-winning history of the Sicilian mafia, has been translated into twenty languages and has sold nearly half a million copies throughout the world; it was hailed in Italy as the best book ever written about the Mafia. In 2005 the president of the Italian Republic appointed him a Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarieta Italiana. He lives in London with his family .

John Dickie lectures in Italian Studies at University College London. "Cosa Nostra", his award-winning history of the Sicilian mafia, has been translated into twenty languages and has sold nearly half a million copies throughout the world; it was hailed in Italy as the best book ever written about the Mafia. In 2005 the president of the Italian Republic appointed him a Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarieta Italiana. He lives in London with his family . See less