{"product_id":"spada-the-bandit-edited-with-andre-spada-9781963363036","title":"Spada the Bandit. Edited with Annotations and an Afterword by Rob Couteau","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"To have lived to the full, to have loved, to have fought, to have killed: that is a man's life. And even though the price be death, it would be cheap at that.\" As chronicled in this extraordinary memoir, André Spada (1897 - 1935), the infamous Corsican bandit known as the \"King of the Maquis,\" embodied a complex amalgam not only of Good and Evil but also of contrary emotions and perceptions. These include compassion and kindness as well as those cold-blooded instincts that eclipse the humanity of those driven by abject criminality. Thus, we have the \"two Spadas.\" But beyond the idiosyncratic biography of a particular individual, it's through this confession that we gain entrée to a uniquely structured demimonde: the world of honorable bandits known as the Maquisards, constructed upon a rigid set of codes. Part of that pledge is to never betray their leader, even when a steep price is placed on his head. And even after a French expeditionary force is sent into Corsica with the sole purpose of rooting out the bandits. The military contingent is composed of tanks, planes, mountain artillery, a cannon, explosives, armored cars, field kitchens, and 1,400 troops; yet they fail to capture Spada and are eventually withdrawn. But a police campaign finally succeeds in forcing Spada out of his lair and driving him across the island. Available for the first time since 1935, this annotated edition features an in-depth Afterword by literary author Rob Couteau.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andre Spada,Rob Couteau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1963363035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781963363036\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dominantstar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Andre Spada","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443057012991,"sku":"9781963363036","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2457048a-c678-44c9-bd59-1b5944367492.jpg?v=1777201557","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spada-the-bandit-edited-with-andre-spada-9781963363036","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}