The Godfather: The Lost Years'The bloody victory of the Corleone Family was not complete,' begins the final chapter of Mario Puzo's "The Godfather", 'until a year of delicate manoeuvring established Michael Corleone as the most powerful Family chief in the United States.' "The The Lost Years" takes place in the years 1955 65, but it is built upon the story of that 'year of delicate political manoeuvring' and how, in winning the battle of that year, Michael Corleone set the stage