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The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro de Medici
Full title: | The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro de Medici |
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ISBN: | 9780099586944 |
ISBN 10: | 0099586940 |
Authors: | Fletcher, Catherine |
Publisher: | Vintage Books |
Num. pages: | 352 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2017 |
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Synopsis
'a Spectacular, Elegant, Brilliant Portrait Of Skulduggery, Murder And Sex In Renaissance Florence' Simon Sebag Montefiore,evening Standard, Books Of The Year1531 - After Years Of Brutal War And Political Intrigue, The Bastard Son Of A Medici Duke And A 'half-negro' Maidservant Rides Into Florence. Within A Year, He Rules The City As Its Prince. Backed By The Pope And His Future Father-in-law The Holy Roman Emperor, The Nineteen-year-old Alessandro Faces Down Bloody Family Rivalry And The Scheming Hostility Of Italy's Oligarchs To Reassert The Medicis' Faltering Grip On The Turbulent City-state. Six Years Later, As He Awaits An Adulterous Liaison, He Will Be Murdered By His Cousin In Another Man's Bed.'nothing In Sixteenth-century History Is More Astonishing' Hilary Mantel