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The Lion of Florence: Between intrigue, art and blood in the Medici court

The Lion of Florence: Between intrigue, art and blood in the Medici court

Mazzarini, Carlo

Paperback

Mystery & Thriller

ISBN13: 9798298641197
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 18 2025
Pages: 370
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.82 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Among the gleaming marble of the Medici Chapels and the shadowy alleys trodden by merchants, friars, and conspirators, lies the beating heart of a city that was both a cradle of art and a hotbed of blood: Florence, in the year of our Lord 1478. A city torn between the harmony of Humanism and the whispers of betrayal. In the shadow of Brunelleschi's dome, Matteo Rinaldi-a young sculptor and pupil of the venerable Verrocchio-sculpts marble as if he could tame fate. He does not yet know that his life, forged with the grace of art, is about to be shaped by far crueler blows: those of history. On Easter Sunday, the sacred mixes with sacrilege: in the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, blood flows on the altar. Giuliano de' Medici falls to the daggers of a conspiracy, while his brother, Lorenzo the Magnificent, escapes death and vows revenge. But behind the fury and politics lies an intrigue that spreads like a funeral pall over the streets of Florence, a tangle of encrypted letters, broken oaths, and names that should not be spoken. Matteo, unaware of his secret birth-related to a bastard branch of the Pazzi family-will find himself, against his will, at the center of a duel between glory and perdition. Alongside him are the beautiful Isabella Martellini-a lady of many faces, torn between love and lies-the dark Captain Achille Malvezzi, the disturbing Fra Savonarola, and the invisible hand of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, weaver of papal ambitions. Guided only by the uncertain beat of his heart and the truths engraved in an ancient illuminated manuscript, Matteo must choose whether to remain faithful to art or descend into the furnace of vengeance, where honor is paid for with blood and beauty becomes a weapon. In the fire of a city burning with passions and secrets, where the palaces are temples and the streets are traps, a roar of marble and truth rises: it is the lion of Florence awakening, and its roar will echo through the centuries.

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