Captain of the Medici

by Pugh, John, J

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Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1953. Book Club. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1953 Book Club edition; Book is in Good+ condition, corners bumped, bit of bumping to spine edges, inscription on fep; Jacket is Good - some edge wear and a small tear on top right of front cover - likely from a price sticker; As he sat drinking in the Black Ram, young Pietro Lucca, the blacksmith's son who had risen to a captain in the Bande Nere, reflected bitterly on the strange turns of Fortune's wheel. Florence in the 16th century held many pleasures: her wines were sweet, the art exquisite, her women beautiful. But the penniless Black Band under General Giovanni de' Medici fought to the death against Spanish invaders. And if the Pope would not give enough money....

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