Italia, 1848. Maria Oliverio, de familia campina calabra, crece en una pobreza extrema que la condena a una vida sin futuro. Denga ada por las promas incumplidas de la unificaci n italiana, se convierte en la temida Ciccilla, una bandida y brigantsa en busca dperada de justicia y libertad. Basada en un personaje real, la novela reconstruye, a partir de documentos hist ricos, la historia de una hero na excepcional y la traici n que dio origen a la naci n italiana.
Italy, 1848. Maria Oliverio, born into a poor Calabrian peasant family, grows up in extreme poverty, seemingly condemned to a life without prospects. Disillusioned by the broken promis of Italian unification, she becom the feared Ciccilla, a bandit and brigantsa driven by a dperate search for justice and freedom. Based on a real historical figure, the novel reconstructs--through official documents--the story of an extraordinary heroine and the betrayal at the origins of the Italian nation.