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This is the first ever biography of the spectacular life of Alessandro de' Medici, the first Black head of state in modern Western history. Between 1530 and 1537, Alessandro's reign as prince of Florence was as magnificently colourful as it was short. Born to an African maidservant nicknamed the 'Italian Cleopatra', this mixed-race son of controversial lineage was propelled by wars and power-broking to become head of the grandest dynasty of the Italian Renaissance at the age of only nineteen. Betrothed to the daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor, he earned a reputation as a womaniser, tyrant and for lavish and dissolute living. But despite blood rivalries and enormous hostility from Florence's oligarchs, Alessandro succeeded in ruling in the Machiavellian mode until he was assassinated during a late-night assignation by his scheming cousin. From dazzling palaces and Tuscan villas to the treacherous backstreets of Florence and the corridors of papal power, this dramatic biography draws on extensive archival research to overturn our perceptions both of Black history and of the Italian Renaissance.

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Humanities History Regional & national history

• Pełny tytuł: Alessandro De' Medici
• Podtytuł: The Black Prince of Florence
• Autor: Catherine Fletcher
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Twarda
• Liczba stron: 272
• EAN: 9781847922694
• ISBN: 1847922694
• ID: 09481684
• Wydawca: The Bodley Head Ltd
• Waga: 653 g
• Wymiary: 240 × 156 × 28 mm
• Data wydania: 07. April 2016

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