The Black Prince of Florence : the life of Alessandro de' Medici
Fletcher, Catherine, 1975-2017
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1531 - 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.
Main title:
The Black Prince of Florence : the life of Alessandro de' Medici / Catherine Fletcher.
Author:
Fletcher, Catherine, 1975-, author
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2017.
Collation:
311 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2016.Originally published: London: The Bodley Head, 2016.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780099586944 (pbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1876472
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