EL FIORENTINO (The Florentine)
The lost Diamond of the Medicis
Genre:
Historical Fiction
Author:
Lorenzo de' Medici
Publisher:
La Esfera de los Libros
Language:
Spanish
AUTHOR BIO:
Lorenzo de Medici, a direct descendant of the illustrious Medici lineage, renowned for their patronage of the Renaissance's greatest masterpieces, was born in Milan, Italy, and spent his formative years in Switzerland. Having traversed the United States and various European nations, he presently calls Portugal home. Fluent in six languages, Lorenzo is not only the author of several acclaimed historical works, including "The Medici: Our History," but also of guidebooks such as "Florence and Tusca...
Pages:
392
Publication:
2024
Rights available:
German, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Turkish
DESCRIPTION:
Florence, 1743. Princess Anna Maria Luisa, the final ruler of the Medici family in Tuscany, faces imminent mortality. Surrounded by adversaries, she summons her dwindling strength to safeguard her dynasty's vast legacy from pillaging by purported allies of the Austrian Empire.
In the contemporary era, Ann Carrington, an American professor, receives a commission to journey to Lisbon and participate in an auction for an eighteenth-century book dedicated to Fiorentino, the renowned diamond of the Medici. Serendipitously, within its pages, she stumbles upon cryptic numbers concealing a hidden message: could they be coordinates leading to the long-lost treasures of the ducal family?
Thus commences a gripping historical thriller, hurtling its protagonists across half of Europe, ensnared in a race where identities are fluid and motives divergent.
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