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Maradona Trilogy 65: Operation San Gennaro: Bella Giornata: Maradona, the Escobars and Dragons
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Series: My Diego Maradona Collection, Book 19
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ISBN13: 9798274615167
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 15 2025
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 15 2025
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
OPERATION SAN GENNARO: 1984.Two great European cities in their own right, but in attitude to life a world apart. They collide, they plot, they barter, they lie and break blood oaths. Like two fifteenth century feuding empires, Barcelona and Naples go to war over the transfer of the greatest footballer in the world. Diego Armando Maradona. Neapolitans christened it Operation San Gennaro after their beloved Patron Saint. A heady tale laced with high level corruption and the Camorra. A clash of cultures, the Catalans and the Neapolitans.
BELLA GIORANTA: Sunday 10th May 1987. Without doubt the greatest day in the history of Naples had arrived. Morning was breaking, never had a night passed so achingly slow for Neapolitans. Finally, as a blazing sun rose on the far horizon, illuminating fishing boats lost only seconds before on a black sea, a most beautiful day dawned that would be like no other in the history of this most put-upon, vilified, but captivating city. Led by Diego Armando Maradona, SSC Napoli were set to be crowned champions of Italy for the first time ever. Hold on your hats. Maradona's city of Naples was set to explode!
MARADONA, THE ESCOBARS AND DRAGONS: This is a story of three men for a short period in their lives. For one it would end in shame and disgrace, the other two in a fistful of bullets. The greatest of them all. Diego Armando Maradona. Firstly the two seasons at Barcelona, a mere aperitif of controversy and mayhem for what was set to follow in Naples. El Diego's unforgettable time under the volcano. Along the way we shall also tell of a young footballer who tragically for a mistake made out on a playing pitch was mercilessly gunned down. Andres Escobar. Also, the end of days for his namesake Pablo. Finally, trapped with nowhere left to run Pablo Escobar fought out a last stand on a Medellin rooftop before killed by Colombian police and U.S DEA agents. So, unfolds an epic tale of three men ultimately felled by dragons.
MARADONA, THE ESCOBARS AND DRAGONS: This is a story of three men for a short period in their lives. For one it would end in shame and disgrace, the other two in a fistful of bullets. The greatest of them all. Diego Armando Maradona. Firstly the two seasons at Barcelona, a mere aperitif of controversy and mayhem for what was set to follow in Naples. El Diego's unforgettable time under the volcano. Along the way we shall also tell of a young footballer who tragically for a mistake made out on a playing pitch was mercilessly gunned down. Andres Escobar. Also, the end of days for his namesake Pablo. Finally, trapped with nowhere left to run Pablo Escobar fought out a last stand on a Medellin rooftop before killed by Colombian police and U.S DEA agents. So, unfolds an epic tale of three men ultimately felled by dragons.
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