April Blood Florence and the Plot Against the Medici

Name: April Blood Florence and the Plot Against the Medici
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ISBN: 9780195176094

ISBN-10: 019517609X

ISBN-13: 9780195176094

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Authors: Lauro Martines

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One of the world's leading historians of Renaissance Italy brings to life here the vibrant--and violent--society of fifteenth-century Florence. His disturbing narrative opens up an entire culture, revealing the dark side of Renaissance man and politician Lorenzo de' Medici. On a Sunday in April 1478, assassins attacked Lorenzo and his brother as they attended Mass in the cathedral of Florence. Lorenzo scrambled to safety as Giuliano bled to death on the cathedral floor. April Blood moves outward in time and space from that murderous event, unfolding a story of tangled passions, ambition, treachery, and revenge. The conspiracy was led by one of the city's most noble clans, the Pazzi,…

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List price: $21.99
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/16/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 7.91" wide x 5.00" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Lauro Martines is an author and independent scholar who has taught history in Los Angeles, London, and Paris. Murtha Baca is head of the Standards and Vocabulary Programs at the Getty Research Institute.