
By Edward Charles
ISBN-10: 1510725865
ISBN-13: 9781510725867
ISBN-10: 1781591938
ISBN-13: 9781781591932
Lucrezia Tornabuoni, stated within the Palazzo Medici along Cosimo’s teenagers, consistently anticipated to marry his charismatic more youthful son, Giovanni. yet now in later lifestyles, she reveals herself imprisoned in a loveless marriage with the gout-ridden elder son, Piero. Like Cosimo, she sees the longer term salvation of the kin within the arms of her personal son, Lorenzo the impressive, yet how can she ascertain he inherits the mantle sooner than Piero ruins everything?
For years she has groomed her son to be a good prince, and within the method to disregard the Medici Bankwhose wealth has funded the town and Republic of Florence. yet now the economic climate is faltering, the money is working out, the burdens of management have gotten extra hard for her son, and he or she starts to question even if she has led him off beam. Her trouble is that during the closed society of Florence, there's no-one she will be able to divulge heart's contents to. Then, whereas on a trip clear of town, she is approached via a tender priest, Girolamo Savonarola, lately appointed to a educating publish in Florence and inquiring for tips in regards to the workings of Florentine society.
In confessing the secrets and techniques of her family members to this benign outsider, she is ready to unburden herself of some of the concerns that plague her. yet Savonarola is probably not the easy monk he appears to be like, his targets proving difficult in compatibility with Lucrezia’s because the characters hurtle in the direction of an exhilarating and unforeseen ending.
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