The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance

by Paul Strathern

Book Overview

A dazzling history of the modest family that rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe, The Medici is a remarkably modern story of power, money, and ambition. Against the background of an age... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099522977
• ISBN13: 9780099522973
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

the medici godfathers of the renaisance

one of the best books about the renaisance that i have read. great historical, religious, political and cultural perspective of the period . it makes you feel you coexist with the wonders and perils of the period.

Nice narrative introduction into the world of Renaissance

The book is written in a narrative style telling the story of the entire Medici Dynasty. Paul Strathern understands to put his main charakters into the appropriate historical background. I liked the crosslinks to many historically important charakters and their achievements. The end of the book loses a bit of it's flavour due to the disperse stories told about europe's nobility.