Download or read book The Duke s Assassin written by Stefano Dall'Aglio and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stefano Dall’Aglio sheds new light on the notorious Florentine Lorenzino de’ Medici (also known as Lorenzaccio) and on two of the most infamous assassinations in Italian Renaissance history. In 1537 Lorenzino changed the course of history by murdering Alessandro de’ Medici, first duke of Florence, and paving the way for the accession of the new duke, Cosimo I. In 1548 Lorenzino was killed in Venice in revenge for the assassination. The events surrounding these murders, which Dall’Aglio reconstructs, involved the Medici, their loyalists, Florentine republican exiles, and some of the most powerful sovereigns of the time. The first publication in a century to examine the life of Lorenzino de’ Medici, and the first work in English, this fascinating revisionist history is based on extensive research in the historical archives of Florence and Simancas. The tale is as gripping as a detective novel, as Dall’Aglio unravels a 500-year-old mystery, revealing who was behind the bloody death of the duke’s assassin: the emperor Charles V.
Download or read book The Duke s Assassin written by Stefano Dall'Aglio and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part I. The eleven-year exile -- Part II. Anatomy of a murder.
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Download or read book The King s Assassin written by Angus Donald and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AD 1215: The year of Magna Carta - and Robin Hood's greatest battle The yoke of tyranny King John is scheming to reclaim his ancestral lands in Europe, raising the money for new armies by bleeding dry peasants and nobles alike, not least the Earl of Locksley - the former outlaw Robin Hood - and his loyal man Sir Alan Dale. The call to arms As rebellion brews across the country and Robin Hood and his men are dragged into the war against the French in Flanders, a plan is hatched that will bring the former outlaws and their families to the brink of catastrophe - a plan to kill the King. The roar of revolution England explodes into bloody civil war and Alan and Robin must decide who to trust - and who to slaughter. And while Magna Carta might be the answer their prayers for peace, first they will have to force the King to submit to the will of his people . . .
Download or read book Assassins Of The Dead 5 Duke s Courier written by Avril Sabine and published by Cracked Acorn Productions. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genre: Young Adult Fantasy/Paranormal Word Count: 41765 Some heroes work in the shadows, only their deeds remembered. Meikah had thought their tasks in Port Mayren were done. After being summoned to the headquarters of the Assassins Of The Dead, she soon found she was wrong. This time, things were personal. One of her family was in danger and she didn't know if she had the skills to rescue them as well as prevent the deaths of over a hundred innocent people. This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling. Keywords: teen/young adult, assassins, vampires, shifters, ghosts, zombies, dark fantasy, medieval style setting, bookshop, academy, magic, mystery, action, adventures, swords and sorcery, strong female character, short read.
Download or read book The Queen s Assassin written by Melissa de la Cruz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times and Indie Bestseller! Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Red Queen, this is the first novel in a sweeping YA fantasy-romance duet about a deadly assassin, his mysterious apprentice, and the country they are sworn to protect from #1 NYT bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz. Caledon Holt is the kingdom's deadliest weapon. No one alive can best him in speed, strength, or brains, which is why he's the Hearthstone Guild's most dangerous member. Cal is also the Queen's Assassin, bound to her by magic and unable to leave her service until the task she's set for him is fulfilled. Shadow of the Honey Glade has been training all her life to join the Guild, hoping that one day she'll become an assassin as feared and revered as Cal. But Shadow's mother and aunts expect her to serve the crown as a lady of the Renovian Court. When a surprise attack brings Shadow and Cal together, they're forced to team up as assassin and apprentice. Even though Shadow's life belongs to the court and Cal's belongs to the queen, they cannot deny their attraction to each other. But now, with war on the horizon and true love at risk, Shadow and Cal will uncover a shocking web of lies that will change their paths forever.
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Download or read book The King s Assassin written by Benjamin Woolley and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An absorbing account of the conspiracy to kill King James I by his handsome lover, the Duke of Buckingham, an historical crime that has remained hidden for 400 years. The rise of George Villiers from minor gentry to royal power seemed to defy gravity. Becoming gentleman of the royal bedchamber in 1615, the young gallant enraptured James, Britain’s first Stuart king, royal adoration reaching such an intensity that the king declared he wanted the courtier to become his ‘wife’. For a decade, Villiers was at the king’s side – at court, on state occasions, and in bed, right up to James’s death in March 1625. Almost immediately, Villiers’ many enemies accused him of poisoning the king. A parliamentary investigation was launched, and scurrilous pamphlets and ballads circulated London’s streets. But the charges came to nothing, and were relegated to a historical footnote. Now, new research suggests that a deadly combination of hubris and vulnerability did indeed drive Villiers to kill the man who made him. It may have been by accident – the application of a quack remedy while the king was weakened by a malarial attack. But there is compelling evidence that Villiers, overcome by ambition and frustrated by James’s passive approach to government, poisoned him. In The King’s Assassin, acclaimed author Benjamin Woolley examines this remarkable, even tragic story. Combining vivid characterization and a strong narrative with historical scholarship and forensic investigation, Woolley tells the story of King James’s death, and of the captivating figure at its center.
Download or read book The Assassin King written by Elizabeth Haydon and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-11-27 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haydons lyrical sixth installment in her sweeping saga . . . While deftly managing a large cast of intriguing characters in a story thats both grand and intimate but never predictable, Haydon moves all the pieces into place for the next volume.--"Publishers Weekly."
Download or read book Terrorist written by Henrik Rehr and published by Graphic Universe ™. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1914, a young Serbian named Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria?a violent act that sparked World War I. Henrik Rehr's riveting graphic novel imagines the events that led Princep to become history's most significant terrorist.
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Download or read book Works written by Isaac Disraeli and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
