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Apology for a murder / Lorenzo de' Medici ; translated by Andrew Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Medici, Lorenzino de', author.
- Language:
- English
- Undetermined
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--Fiction.
- Murder.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (129 pages)
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Surrey : Alma Classics, 2019.
- Summary:
- Famed for having killed his cousin Alessandro, the Duke of Florence, in 1537, but also for writing accomplished literary works, including a comedy and several poems, Lorenzino de' Medici remains one of the most enigmatic figures of Italian literature. In his masterpiece, Apology for a Murder, he reveals the inner motives behind his act, portraying himself as a hero to be numbered alongside the great tyrannicides of ancient Rome and Greece.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Apology for a Murder
- The Death of Lorenzino de' Medici
- Poems by Lorenzino de' Medici
- Note on the Texts
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 9, 2019).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7145-4947-9
- OCLC:
- 1090997822
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