The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro de' Medici
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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.
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