Apology for a murder / Lorenzino de' Medici ; translated by Andrew Brown ; [foreword by Tim Parks].
Material type:
TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Series: 101 pagesPublisher: Richmond, Surrey, England : Alma Classics, an imprint of Alma Books, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: xxii, 105 pages : 20 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1847497926
- 9781847497925
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction | 858 MED | Available | T00815880 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Lorenzino himself, in 1548, was murdered by two soldiers hired either by the emperor Charles V or by Cosimo, Alessandro's successor as Duke, and this volume includes the dramatic account of his killing by Francesco Bibboni, one of the assassins, as well as a selection of Lorenzino's poems, giving a fully rounded image of the antihero of Alfred de Musset's Lorenzaccio.
Apology for a murder -- The death of Lorenzino de' Medici : an account written in his own hand / by Francesco Bibboni -- Poems / by Lorenzino de' Medici, translated by J.G. Nichols.