Binding: Hardcover
Description: Stefano Dall Aglio sheds new light on the notorious Florentine Lorenzino de Medici (also known as Lorenzaccio) and on two of the most infamous assassinations of Italian Renaissance history. In 1537 Lorenzino changed the course of history by murdering Alessandro de Medici first duke of Florence and paving the way for the accession of the new duke Cosimo I. In 1548 Lorenzino was killed in Venice in revenge for the assassination he had committed. Basing his work on extensive research in the historical archives of Florence and Simancas Dall Aglio reconstructs the events surrounding these murders and involving the Medici their loyalists the Florentine republican exiles and some of the most powerful sovereigns of the time. The first publication in a century and the first work in English to examine the life of Lorenzino de Medici this fascinating revisionist history is as gripping as a detective novel as Dall Aglio unravels a 500 - year - old mystery revealing that behind the bloody death of the duke's assassin there was the Emperor Charles V.
Title: The Duke's Assassin Exile And Death Of Lorenzino De Medici
Author(s): Dall'aglio Stefano
Publisher: Yale University Press
Barcode: 9780300189780
Pages: 320 Pages, 13 B-W Illus.
Publication Date: 7/20/2015
Category: Political Assassinations