Download or read book THE MEDICI LOVER written by Anne Mather and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2017-12-09 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suzanne, who works at a hotel in London, decides to spend her vacation at her friend Pietro’s family house in Italy. The mansion belongs to Mazzaro, a young descendant of the aristocracy. An accident has left Mazzaro with scars all over his body, yet the first time Suzanne meets him, she instantly becomes attracted to his strong presence. But she reminds herself that he has a beautiful wife and a child?Suzanne can’t understand why she is fascinated by him. Then she finds out his secret, a secret that even his wife doesn’t know. Despite her best intentions, Suzanne is about to find herself caught in the whirlpool of love…

Download or read book The Medici Lover written by Anne Mather and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suzanne's decision to visit Villa Falcone was an impulse. Suddenly she was thrust into a family whose passions and jealousies pervaded their ancestral Italian home. Perhaps she had been meant to go, Suzanne thought later; otherwise she would never have met Mazzaro di Falcone, the brooding keeper of his ancient family's treasures. Mazzaro burst into her complacent life like a bomb—and Suzanne knew she would never be the same again!

Download or read book The Medici Lover written by Anne Mather and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book THE MEDICI LOVER Vol 2 written by Anne Mather and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suzanne, who works at a hotel in London, decides to spend her vacation at her friend Pietro’s family house in Italy. The mansion belongs to Mazzaro, a young descendant of the aristocracy. An accident has left Mazzaro with scars all over his body, yet the first time Suzanne meets him, she instantly becomes attracted to his strong presence. But she reminds herself that he has a beautiful wife and a child—Suzanne can’t understand why she is fascinated by him. Then she finds out his secret, a secret that even his wife doesn’t know. Despite her best intentions, Suzanne is about to find herself caught in the whirlpool of love…

Download or read book The Medici Lover written by Random House and published by . This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Alessandro De Medici written by Michael Hone and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alessandro--whose mother was reported to have been a black slave, the reason for his swarthy complexion and nickname, Il Moro--took advice from no one, living for his own pleasure, his motto being ''They made me duke, so I'll enjoy it!'' By enjoying it he meant wandering the streets at night fully armed, pushing aside anyone in his way, looking for a fight he was destined to win for the simple reason that he had barred the carrying of a sword or a firearm, both of which never left him, nor did his dagger. And he had reason to fear, as the nobility of Florence wanted him, the city's new duke, replaced by legitimate blood, noble blood. He had gained power at age 19 and had by now fully tasted every perversion, so that what was left was taking the hymen of those who still had one, notably nuns, and that of those who kept guard over theirs, virtuous women. He liked his boys too, for quick, easy couplings, heated and virile. His favorite companion was his cousin Lorenzino with whom he shared his bed and more when not extinguished from a night of whoring. And when he awoke with a lustful urge, Lorenzino was always conveniently spread out, naked, at his side. This is how Cellini had caught them many times, as the artist was permitted to come and go as he wished, and as Alessandro had no modesty and no need to hide his vices, Cellini was aware of everything that went on. ''Meanwhile I went on making the Duke's portrait and oftentimes I found him napping after dinner with that Lorenzino of his, '' wrote the artist in his autobiography.No one knows why Lorenzino turned against Duke Alessandro, aided by a professional assassin, Scoronconcolo. In his play, Lorenzaccio, Musset writes that Lorenzo wanted the duke dead so that Florence could become a Republic again. Others suggest that he was just jealous of the duke's powers and privileges. Because Duke Alessandro was so unpopular, he was never without his body armor, weapons and guards. But Lorenzino told him that he had found a Florentine lady of exceptional beauty and, especially, ironclad chastity. Lorenzino would bring her to the duke, and from then on it was up to the duke to prove that he could triumph over virtue. Lorenzino convinced the duke to dismiss the guards for the night, to take off his armor and to slip naked into bed. From then on it was easy for Lorenzino to strike him in the stomach with a dagger, his hand over his mouth to smother his shouts, Scoronconcolo giving the coup-de-grâce by slitting the duke's throat from ear to ear. Afterwards he rode off to Venice, a glove covering a finger Alessandro had caught between his teeth and nearly bitten off. The events that led to Alessandro's assassination, and the destiny reserved for Lorenzino, are the subjects of this book.

Download or read book Medici Women written by Gabrielle Langdon and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ducal court of Cosimo I de' Medici in sixteenth-century Florence was one of absolutist, rule-bound order. Portraiture especially served the dynastic pretensions of the absolutist ruler, Duke Cosimo and his consort, Eleonora di Toledo, and was part of a Herculean programme of propaganda to establish legitimacy and prestige for the new sixteenth-century Florentine court. In this engaging and original study, Gabrielle Langdon analyses selected portraits of women by Jacopo Pontormo, Agnolo Bronzino, Alessandro Allori, and other masters. She defines their function as works of art, as dynastic declarations, and as encoded documents of court culture and propaganda, illuminating Cosimo's conscious fashioning of his court portraiture in imitation of the great courts of Europe. Langdon explores the use of portraiture as a vehicle to express Medici political policy, such as with Cosimo's Hapsburg and Papal alliances in his bid to be made Grand Duke with hegemony over rival Italian princes. Stories from archives, letters, diaries, chronicles, and secret ambassadorial briefs, open up a world of fascinating, personalities, personal triumphs, human frailty, rumour, intrigue, and appalling tragedies. Lavishly illustrated, Medici Women: Portraits of Power, Love and Betrayal in the Court of Duke Cosimo I is an indispensable work for anyone with a passion for Italian renaissance history, art, and court culture.

Download or read book Secret of a Medici Mistress written by Donna Gillotte and published by Tate Publishing & Enterprises. This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Maddalena di Pagni embarks on a quest to become a great sculptor like her father, she finds herself tangled in the web of wealth and power woven by the illustrious Medici family. While still a teenager, she meets and falls helplessly in love with the charismatic Lorenzo de Medici, giving her body, mind, and soul to him. Her father, Giovanni, attempts to protect his daughter from a life of shame, but ultimately, his efforts cost him his life. Duty, honor and responsibility eventually wrench the lovers apart. Disheartened and overcome by sadness more painful than the fires of Dante's hell, Maddalena and Lorenzo continue on in a parallel existence, intersecting briefly at pivotal moments in history over the next decade and a half. Knowing he and Maddalena can never be wed because of their class differences, he eventually marries Clarice, a woman his mother chose for him and one for whom he has no romantic feelings. Upon her death, Lorenzo casts aside politics and opinions of others and confesses to Maddalena that he has never stopped loving her. Maddalena soon finds herself swept into the artistic and intellectual orbit of the Medici's inner circle, where she remains until Lorenzo's death in 1492. Before Lorenzo takes his final breath Maddalena shares with him a secret that will change the course of history then vows to take the Secret of a Medici Mistress to her grave.

Download or read book The Medici Boy written by John L'Heureux and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While creating his famous bronze of David and Goliath, Donatello’s passion for his beautiful model and part time rent boy, Agnolo, ignites a dangerous jealousy that ultimately leads to murder. Luca, the complex and conflicted assistant, will sacrifice all to save Donatello, even his master’s friend--the great patron of art, Cosimo de’ Medici.

Download or read book Medici Lover written by Random House and published by . This book was released on 1998-02-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book THE MEDICI LOVER written by Anne Mather and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2017-12-09 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suzanne, who works at a hotel in London, decides to spend her vacation at her friend Pietro’s family house in Italy. The mansion belongs to Mazzaro, a young descendant of the aristocracy. An accident has left Mazzaro with scars all over his body, yet the first time Suzanne meets him, she instantly becomes attracted to his strong presence. But she reminds herself that he has a beautiful wife and a child?Suzanne can’t understand why she is fascinated by him. Then she finds out his secret, a secret that even his wife doesn’t know. Despite her best intentions, Suzanne is about to find herself caught in the whirlpool of love…

Download or read book THE MEDICI LOVER Vol 1 written by Anne Mather and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suzanne, who works at a hotel in London, decides to spend her vacation at her friend Pietro’s family house in Italy. The mansion belongs to Mazzaro, a young descendant of the aristocracy. An accident has left Mazzaro with scars all over his body, yet the first time Suzanne meets him, she instantly becomes attracted to his strong presence. But she reminds herself that he has a beautiful wife and a child—Suzanne can’t understand why she is fascinated by him. Then she finds out his secret, a secret that even his wife doesn’t know. Despite her best intentions, Suzanne is about to find herself caught in the whirlpool of love…

Download or read book Murder of a Medici Princess written by Caroline P. Murphy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-18 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Murder of a Medici Princess, Caroline Murphy illuminates the brilliant life and tragic death of Isabella de Medici, one of the brightest stars in the dazzling world of Renaissance Italy, the daughter of Duke Cosimo I, ruler of Florence and Tuscany. Murphy is a superb storyteller, and her fast-paced narrative captures the intrigue, the scandal, the romantic affairs, and the violence that were commonplace in the Florentine court. She brings to life an extraordinary woman, fluent in five languages, a free-spirited patron of the arts, a daredevil, a practical joker, and a passionate lover. Isabella, in fact, conducted numerous affairs, including a ten-year relationship with the cousin of her violent and possessive husband. Her permissive lifestyle, however, came to an end upon the death of her father, who was succeeded by her disapproving older brother Francesco. Considering Isabella's ways to be licentious and a disgrace upon the family, he permitted her increasingly enraged husband to murder her in a remote Medici villa. To tell this dramatic story, Murphy draws on a vast trove of newly discovered and unpublished documents, ranging from Isabella's own letters, to the loose-tongued dispatches of ambassadors to Florence, to contemporary descriptions of the opulent parties and balls, salons and hunts in which Isabella and her associates participated. Murphy resurrects the exciting atmosphere of Renaissance Florence, weaving Isabella's beloved city into her story, evoking the intellectual and artistic community that thrived during her time. Palaces and gardens in the city become places of creativity and intrigue, sites of seduction, and grounds for betrayal. Here then is a narrative of compelling and epic proportions, magnificent and alluring, decadent and ultimately tragic.

Download or read book Magnifico written by Miles Unger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miles Unger's biography of this complex figure draws on primary research in Italian sources and on his intimate knowledge of Florence, where he lived for several years."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Lorenzo De Medici and the Art of Magnificence written by F. W. Kent and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Historian F.W. Kent offers a new look at Lorenzo's relationship to the arts, aesthetics, collecting, and building - especially in the context of his role as the political boss (maestro della bottega) of republican Florence and a leading player in Renaissance Italian diplomacy. Kent's approach reveals Lorenzo's activities as an art patron as far more extensive and creative than previously thought. Known as "the Magnificent," Lorenzo was broadly interested in the arts and supported efforts to beautify Florence and the many Medici lands and palaces. His expertise was well regarded by guildsmen and artists, who often turned to him for advice as well as for patronage.

Download or read book Catherine de Medici written by Leonie Frieda and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiration for the STARZ original series, The Serpent Queen, premiering September 11. “A beautifully written portrait of a ruthless, subtle and fearless woman fighting for survival and power in a world of gangsterish brutality, routine assassination and religious mania. . . . Frieda has brought a largely forgotten heroine-villainess and a whole sumptuously vicious era back to life. . . . This is The Godfather meets Elizabeth.” —Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar Poisoner, besotted mother, despot, necromancer, engineer of a massacre: the dark legend of Catherine de Medici is centuries old. In this critically hailed biography, Leonie Frieda reclaims the story of this unjustly maligned queen of France to reveal a skilled ruler battling extraordinary political and personal odds. Based on comprehensive research including thousands of Catherine’s own letters, Frieda unfurls Catherine’s story from her troubled childhood in Florence to her tumultuous marriage to Henry II of France; her transformation of French culture to her reign as a queen who would use brutality to ensure her children’s royal birthright. Brilliantly executed, this enthralling biography goes beyond myth to paint a very human portrait of this remarkable figure.