Alex Von Tunzelmann

Black mischief among the Medicis

Catherine Fletcher’s account of the life — and violent death — of Alessandro de’ Medici, known as ‘il Moro’, is quite as gripping as Othello

  • The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro de’ Medici

    Catherine Fletcher

    The Bodley Head, pp. 336

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