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000867162 1001_ $$aFletcher, Catherine,$$d1975-$$eauthor.
000867162 24514 $$aThe Black Prince of Florence :$$bthe spectacular life and treacherous world of Alessandro de' Medici /$$cCatherine Fletcher.
000867162 24630 $$aSpectacular life and treacherous world of Alessandro de' Medici
000867162 264_1 $$aNew York, NY :$$bOxford University Press,$$c[2016]
000867162 300__ $$axxiii, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$$billustrations, map, genealogical tables ;$$c25 cm
000867162 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent
000867162 337__ $$aunmediated$$2rdamedia
000867162 338__ $$avolume$$2rdacarrier
000867162 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index.
000867162 5050_ $$aFamily tree -- Glossary of names -- Timeline -- Map -- A note on money -- Prologue -- Book one: The bastard son -- Book two: The obedient nephew -- Book three: The prince alone -- Afterword: Alessandro's ethnicity.
000867162 520__ $$a"Ruler of Florence for seven bloody years, 1531 to 1537, Alessandro de' Medici was arguably the first person of color to serve as a head of state in the Western world. Born out of wedlock to a dark-skinned maid and Lorenzo de' Medici, he was the last legitimate heir to the line of Lorenzo the Magnificent. When Alessandro's noble father died of syphilis, the family looked to him. Groomed for power, he carved a path through the backstabbing world of Italian politics in a time when cardinals, popes, and princes vied for wealth and advantage. By the age of nineteen, he was prince of Florence, inheritor of the legacy of the grandest dynasty of the Italian Renaissance. Alessandro faced down family rivalry and enormous resistance from Florence's oligarchs, who called him a womanizer-which he undoubtedly was--and a tyrant. Yet this real-life counterpart to Machiavelli's Prince kept his grip on power until he was assassinated at the age of 26 during a late-night tryst arranged by his scheming cousins. After his death, his brief but colorful reign was criticized by those who had murdered him in a failed attempt to restore the Florentine republic. For the first time, the true story is told in The Black Prince of Florence. Catherine Fletcher tells the riveting tale of Alessandro's unexpected rise and spectacular fall, unraveling centuries-old mysteries, exposing forgeries, and bringing to life the epic personalities of the Medicis, Borgias, and others as they waged sordid campaigns to rise to the top. Drawing on new research and first-hand sources, this biography of a most intriguing Renaissance figure combines archival scholarship with discussions of race and class that are still relevant today."--Provided by publisher.
000867162 60010 $$aMedici, Alessandro de',$$d1510-1537.
000867162 60030 $$aMedici, House of.
000867162 650_0 $$aRacially mixed people$$zItaly$$zFlorence$$vBiography.
000867162 651_0 $$aFlorence (Italy)$$xKings and rulers$$vBiography.
000867162 651_0 $$aFlorence (Italy)$$xHistory$$y1421-1737$$vBiography.
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