The Medici

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Dominic cites Mary Hollingsworth's 'very caustic take on the Medici' in which she argues Lorenzo probably embezzled hundreds of thousands of florins in public money, calling it 'a sorry tale of greed.'

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Dominic references Mary Hollingsworth's book about the Medici, noting that she paints Lorenzo as an arrogant, spoiled rich kid who blew his inheritance, calling it 'a depressing tale of greed and inexperience from which the Medici brand never really recovered.'

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Described as 'a great book and actually quite a caustic book about the Medici,' cited for pointing out the inventory of Cosimo's library in his late 20s and for her observations about the Medici's network of newcomer families.