The Black Prince of Florence, (Hardcover)

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In this examination of the first Medici Duke of Florence the author is rather less concerned with the ethnicity of Alessandro than one might think (though it's just possible that he was the real-life inspiration for "Othello"). The real story here is one of intramural conflict between the various...

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I previously read Catherine Fletcher's The Divorce of Henry VIII: The Untold Story from Inside the Vatican, which was, while not what I expected, meticulously researched, fathoms deep, and managed to carve out a relatively un-familiar niche of Henry VIII's otherwise very cause célèbre divorce. Th...

from SparrowByTheRailStar

I previously read Catherine Fletcher's The Divorce of Henry VIII: The Untold Story from Inside the Vatican, which was, while not what I expected, meticulously researched, fathoms deep, and managed to carve out a relatively un-familiar niche of Henry VIII's otherwise very cause célèbre divorce. Th...