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The last Medici Hardcover – January 1, 1980

by Harold Acton (Author)
4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
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  1. Language
    English
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    Macmillan London
  3. Publication date
    January 1, 1980
  4. ISBN-10
    0333293150
  5. ISBN-13
    978-0333293157
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Macmillan London (January 1, 1980)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0333293150
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0333293157
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.55 pounds
  • Customer Reviews:
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medalman
5.0 out of 5 stars A fmaous and extremely well-written study.
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2013
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This is a renowned study of the last members of the Medici family. I had owned it before, but could not find my copy, so I replced it with this edition.
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Patrick Odaniel
5.0 out of 5 stars A Memorial to When the Man of Letters was King
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2014
Harold Acton was a renowned historian and general man of letters who was known for his witty style and deep mind. He is now generally forgotten along with the rest of his ilk. This study, though, serves as a memorial to what once was fairly common--works written by the deeply learned man of letters in a witty and non-judgmental manner (don't think Strachey and his condescending and thinly researched, Eminent Victorians).

The Last Medici, at first blush, doesn't seem promising: once proud family brought low by a surfeit of heterosexual and homosexual acts (i.e., syphillis and sodomy). But Acton makes such material as fresh and exciting as a village dance on the green. He has a certain fondness for his lovable rogues and poltroons masquerading as faded Italian aristocracy--and you, too, come to love these characters as if they stepped forth from a novel by, say, Rafael Sabatini.

There was a time, not long ago, when fiction and non-fiction fed off of one another and the methods of one would influence the other. Studies, such as this, could be written with an eye for drama and with an arc of inevitable tragedy (or, at least, farce) without being denigrated as slight, amateurish works. But those days are past, and now one must make one's historial productions fairly bristle with obscure references and academic critical super-structure. Such hulks soon sink into the depths of obscurity. This little, light schooner, however, deserves to stay afloat.
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Alberto Rubio Ritoré
4.0 out of 5 stars Recomendable estudio biográfico.
Reviewed in Spain on April 21, 2018
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Interesante y ameno estudio sobre la personalidad de los tres últimos Médici, su entorno familiar y el ambiente de su corte.
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