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Beschreibung

Only edition in print

Famed for having killed his cousin Alessandro, the Duke of Florence, in 1537, but also for writing accomplished literary works, including a comedy and several poems, Lorenzino de' Medici remains one of the most enigmatic figures of Italian literature. In his masterpiece, Apology for a Murder, he reveals the inner motives behind his act, portraying himself as a hero to be numbered alongside the great tyrannicides of ancient Rome and Greece.

Lorenzino himself, in 1548, was murdered by two soldiers hired either by the emperor Charles V or by Cosimo, Alessandro's successor as Duke, and this volume includes the dramatic account of his killing by Francesco Bibboni, one of the assassins, as well as a selection of Lorenzino's poems, giving a fully rounded image of the antihero of Alfred de Musset's Lorenzaccio.

Only edition in print

Famed for having killed his cousin Alessandro, the Duke of Florence, in 1537, but also for writing accomplished literary works, including a comedy and several poems, Lorenzino de' Medici remains one of the most enigmatic figures of Italian literature. In his masterpiece, Apology for a Murder, he reveals the inner motives behind his act, portraying himself as a hero to be numbered alongside the great tyrannicides of ancient Rome and Greece.

Lorenzino himself, in 1548, was murdered by two soldiers hired either by the emperor Charles V or by Cosimo, Alessandro's successor as Duke, and this volume includes the dramatic account of his killing by Francesco Bibboni, one of the assassins, as well as a selection of Lorenzino's poems, giving a fully rounded image of the antihero of Alfred de Musset's Lorenzaccio.

Über den Autor
Born into a cadet branch of the powerful Medici family, Lorenzino de' Medici (1514-48) was a politician and a writer, who is today remembered as the man who killed the Duke of Florence in 1537.
Zusammenfassung
Perfect companion to Alma's edition of The Age of Innocence
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Alma Classics 101 Pages
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781847497925
ISBN-10: 1847497926
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: De' Medici, Lorenzino
Übersetzung: Brown, Andrew
Hersteller: Alma Books Ltd
Alma Classics 101 Pages
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 195 x 124 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: Lorenzino De' Medici
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.02.2019
Gewicht: 0,128 kg
Artikel-ID: 114861234