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.
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
128 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Alma Books Ltd |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2019-02-21 |
| ISBN |
9781847497925 |
