Magnifico : The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de' Medici (Paperback)

from Meggo

A detailed, well researched look at the life of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Lorenzi di Piero di Cosimo de'Medici. A surprisingly engaging and engrossing read for a story rooted in Renaissance Italy, this book makes clear Lorenzo's impact on Florence at the height of its powers. Ultimately a sad tale...

from JBD1

A full-scale biography of Lorenzo the Magnificent, filled with complexities of Florentine political, financial, and social machinations. This is far enough out of my area that it could well be full of errors large and small and I wouldn't notice, but I found it a good read, even if I had trouble ...

from HarryMacDonald

As some one who has studied Lorenzo's life, times, and writing since the 1960s, I can only offer what Sir William Schwenck Gilbert would have called -- obviously in another context -- modified rapture over this book. It is littered with dubious interpretations, such that its value is reduced to b...