Book review: The Black Prince Of Florence

FLETCHER, a historian specialising in the Renaissance and whose work has been praised by Hilary Mantel, here excavates the intriguing figure of Florence’s first Medici Duke, born a bastard and possibly of mixed race origin.

Sat, 28 May, 2016 - 01:00

Review: Alex Sarll

Catherine Fletcher

Bodley Head, £20; ebook, £9.99

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