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Death in Florence

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099546443

  • Length: 464  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 29mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 331g

  • RRP: £12.99

Death in Florence

  • The Medici, Savonarola and the Battle for the Soul of Man

Lorenzo de' Medici:
The embodiment of Florence's most powerful family, a brutal man who ruled the city with an iron fist, whilst protecting it from the shifting mire of Italian politics.

Fra Girolamo Savonarola:
An unprepossessing provincial monk whose sermons, filled with Old Testament fury, resonated with the disenfranchised population of the city.

The battle between these two men would be a fight to the death, a series of sensational events - including a mighty foreign invasion, trial by fire, the 'Bonfire of the Vanities', terrible executions and mysterious deaths - featuring a cast of the most important and charismatic Renaissance figures.

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099546443

  • Length: 464  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 29mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 331g

  • RRP: £12.99

Reviews

  • "Strathern combines diligent archival research with an exemplary narrative verve and keeps the pages turning"

    Ian Thomson, Financial Times

  • "Grips the reader from the first page... it is an arresting and horrifying tale and Strathern tells it with immense skill and verve"

    New Statesman

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About the Author

Paul Strathern

Paul Strathern studied philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin. He has lectured in philosophy and mathematics. He is a Somerset Maugham Prize-winning novelist; author of two series of books - Philosophers in 90 Minutes and The Big Idea: Scientists who Changed the World; Mendeleyev's Dream (shortlisted for the Aventis Science Book Prize); Dr. Strangelove's Game: A History of Economic Genius, The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance; The Artist, the Philosopher and the Warrior and Death in Florence: The Medici, Savonarola and the Battle for the Soul of the Renaissance City.

Paul Strathern

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