Catherine Fletcher

The black prince of florence: the spectacular life and treacherous world of alessandro de' medici - Catherine Fletcher

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• Born to a dark-skinned maid and Lorenzo II de' Medici
• The illegitimate Alessandro was groomed for power
• In 1532
• At the age of nineteen
• Backed by the Holy Roman Emperor--his future father-in-law--and the Pope
• He became Duke of Florence
• Facing down family rivals and oligarchs and inheriting the grandest dynasty of the Italian Renaissance
• Catherine Fletcher's The Black Prince of Florence is the first complete account of the real-life counterpart to Machiavelli's Prince
• After ruling for a turbulent six years
• Alessandro was murdered in 1537 during a late-night tryst arranged by a scheming cousin

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