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Readers revisit Paul Strathern's history of the Medici

Original: The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance by Paul Strathern, 2016 A vivid and dramatic account o

Paul Strathern's 2016 book The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance is drawing fresh attention from readers, who praise it as a vivid, dramatic account of the family that became one of the most powerful forces in Italian history. The book traces the Medici's rise through banking, political influence and patronage of Renaissance art, and is being recommended as an accessible, engaging piece of popular history.

Why now: Readers are currently recommending and praising the book as an engaging popular history of the Medici family.

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• The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance by Paul Strathern, 2016 A vivid and dramatic account of one of the most influential families in Italian history. A dazzling piece of Italian history of the infamous family that become one of the most powerful in… · appassionato · 13

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