This book starts with the very beginnings of the Medici family and follows it to the 1750s. The book is very readable and well planned out. I have read other books on the Medici and still could not put this book down. It also gives the reader a view of medieval Florence from the social perspective. The author does well hitting political, economic, social and religious conditions of the time, as well as the lives of the various Medici. A family tree and more information on Pierfrancesco Medici (as related to his sons Giovanni and Lorenzo Medici) would be the only additions I would recommend for this text.
The first 100 pages concentrates on Giovanni di Bicci de Medici and Cosimo Medici. Followed by Piero Medici. Piero's sons Lorenzo (Il Magnifico) and Guiliano - The Pazzi Conspiracy. Pietro, Guilano, Lorenzo II. Caterina, Alessandro and Ippolito. Francesco I, Cosimo II and Cosimo III. Wow!
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