Title: The Bay of Angels - Max Gallo - book
Summary :
In their hundreds, in the disgraced year of 1880, they fled their Italian Piedmont, their land of misery that no longer fed them. Upon the death of their mother, after six days of walking, the Revelli brothers discovered the lights of Nice, like the promise of a new life. The city quickly transformed these unsophisticated, intelligent men, thirsting for dignity. The energetic and ambitious Carlo Revelli made his mark on the construction sites. Vincente entered the service of Doctor Merani, an influential notable, as did Luigi, the youngest and most attractive of the three. But the latter seemed to choose the wrong path, that of shady and dangerous business. It would take very little time to transform them into fully-fledged Frenchmen.
