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Historical person
1510–1537
Alessandro de’ Medici was the first hereditary duke of Florence, ruling from 1532 to 1537 under imperial and Medici protection. His authoritarian government ended when his cousin Lorenzino de’ Medici assassinated him, after which Cosimo I became duke.
In D. V. Bishop’s City of Vengeance, the investigation reveals a conspiracy against Alessandro de’ Medici, the volatile duke whose fall could plunge Florence into violence.
Series
D. V. Bishop’s Cesare Aldo series follows a former soldier serving Florence’s feared criminal court during the first years of Medici ducal rule. Beginning in the winter of 1536, Aldo investigates murders that expose the city’s convents, merchant families, religious factions and governing elite. His work repeatedly brings…
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