573. The Medici: Lorenzo the Magnificent (Part 2)
June 11, 2025
Description
Who was Lorenzo the Magnificent, the most glamorous, glittering, and blood-soaked of all the Medici, who became his family’s formidable but compulsive “Godfather” from the age of only twenty one?...
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Books Referenced
The Medici
Author: Mary Hollingsworth
Context:
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.'