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![]() ![]() The Masters of Florence trilogy has been a great success all over Europe and has been translated into many languages. They are very compelling novels with a strong contemporary cut, but sufficiently accurate from a historical point of view. The famous Italian author Matteo Strukul wrote a trilogy of novels dedicated to the Medici family. By Catherine Fletcher Novels about the Medici family Masters of Florence Trilogy by Matteo Strukul The spectacular life and treacherous world of Alessandro de’ Medici. ![]() Alessandro was a lesser known member of the family with a sinister reputation. In 1532, at the age of nineteen, backed by the Holy Roman Emperor and the Pope, he became Duke of Florence, facing down family rivals and oligarchs and inheriting the grandest dynasty of the Italian Renaissance. ![]() Born to a dark-skinned maid and Lorenzo II de’ Medici, the illegitimate Alessandro was groomed for power. ![]()
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