{"product_id":"apology-for-a-murder-alma-classics-101-pages","title":"Apology for a Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003eFamed for having killed his cousin Alessandro, the Duke of Florence, in 1537, but also for writing accomplished literary works, including a comedy and several poems, Lorenzino de' Medici remains one of the most enigmatic figures of Italian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his masterpiece, Apology for a Murder, he reveals the inner motives behind his act, portraying himself as a hero to be numbered alongside the great tyrannicides of ancient Rome and Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLorenzino himself, in 1548, was murdered by two soldiers hired either by the emperor Charles V or by Cosimo, Alessandro's successor as Duke, and this volume includes the dramatic account of his killing by Francesco Bibboni, one of the assassins, as well as a selection of Lorenzino's poems, giving a fully rounded image of the antihero of Alfred de Musset's Lorenzaccio.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lorenzino de' Medici, Andrew Brown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46829945749673,"sku":"9781847497925","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781847497925.jpg?v=1771730320","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/apology-for-a-murder-alma-classics-101-pages","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}