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The Medici Series

This series plunges into the tumultuous lives of one of Renaissance Florence's most powerful and influential families. Follow the rise and fall of a dynasty that controlled financial empires while championing art and culture. Immerse yourself in the political intrigue, personal dramas, and fierce power struggles that shaped this remarkable lineage's destiny. Can they outmaneuver their enemies and secure their legacy amidst betrayal and passion?

I Medici
Medici Legacy
Mediciovci: Mocný muž
Mediciovci: Mocný rod

Recommended Reading Order

  1. Mediciovci: Mocný rod

    • 304 pages
    • 11 hours of reading

    Prvý diel trilógie o Mediciovcoch, mecenášoch kultúry a umenia, najmocnejšej rodine vo Florencii v období renesancie. Po smrti patriarchu Giovanniho de' Medici sa jeho synovia Cosimo a Lorenzo ocitnú na čele obrovského finančného impéria, uprostred zaprisahaných nepriateľov, príslušníkov najmocnejších rodov Florencie v 15. storočí. Bratia sa chopia moci inteligentným, odvážnym spôsobom – zmysel pre obchod a financie vyvažujú láskou k umeniu a ku kultúre. Kým práce na výstavbe kupoly Chrámu Santa Maria del Fiore pokračujú, ich protivníci neprestávajú proti nim splietať intrigy. Medzi nimi je i neskutočne krásna žena, ktorej zlovestná príťažlivosť poľahky zničí srdce muža, ktorého si vyhliadne.

    Mediciovci: Mocný rod1
    3.2

  2. Mediciovci: Mocný muž

    • 296 pages
    • 11 hours of reading

    Florencia v roku 1469. Lorenzo deʼ Medici vyhráva čestný súboj o svoju nevestu Clarice Orsini. Sobáš nie je pre Lorenza jednoduchým krokom, keďže jeho srdce - tým si je istý - patrí a naveky bude patriť Lucrezii Donati, mimoriadne krásnej a príťažlivej žene. Napriek tomu sa podvolí matkinmu želaniu a posilní spojenectvo s mocnou rímskou rodinou. A keď dostane ponuku postaviť sa na čelo mesta, zistí, že musí prijať z nového postavenia vyplývajúce nielen záväzky, ale aj politické kompromisy. Lorenzo však podcení svojich protivníkov a ich sprisahanie bude mať preňho strašné následky.

    Mediciovci: Mocný muž2
    3.6

  3. Medici Legacy

    • 464 pages
    • 17 hours of reading

    The third instalment in a prize-winning series charting the rise of the House of Medici as they become Masters of Florence and progenitors of the Renaissance.Fontainebleau, 1536. Francis II, Dauphin and heir to the French throne, is dead. Poisoned. And the royal court believe Catherine de' Medici to be the murderer. Catherine's husband Henry will now be the next King of France - and the Medici are known to stop at nothing in the pursuit of power.But not yet queen and without an heir of her own, seventeen-year-old Catherine cannot be sure of securing her family's legacy. To ensure the conception of an heir, she will need to seek help from an unexpected ally: Nostradamus, the reclusive astronomer and purported seer. Dismissed by most as a charlatan and a heretic, Catherine knows he will be her only hope in becoming a mother to the future king.Amid court intrigues, betrayals, and humiliations, Catherine waits. She awaits the death of her father-in-law, King Francis, and the birth of a son to carry her name. For once she is queen, Catherine de' Medici's power will only grow.But that power comes at a heavy cost, one she might ever regret.'Strukul has a brilliant style and a rare imagination' Tim Willocks 'Matteo Strukul has arrived with a bang. His historical saga, Medici, is a worldwide success' Il Venerdì

    Medici Legacy3
    3.7

  4. I Medici

    La Parigi del diciassettesimo secolo è l'essenza stessa del vizio e della violenza. Maria de' Medici, da poco sposa di Enrico IV di Borbone, scoprirà ben presto quanto siano rapaci le mire di Henriette d'Entragues, favorita del re, alla quale, con un documento scritto, lo stesso Enrico aveva promesso di prenderla in moglie. E ora quel foglio è l'arma di un ricatto. Anche il conte d'Auvergne e il duca di Biron cospirano per rovesciare il trono. Quando tutto sembra perduto, Maria decide di affidarsi a Mathieu Laforge, spia e sicario che, per denaro, è pronto a sventare più di una congiura. Ma questa decisione potrebbe ritorcersi contro di lei, perché l'avidità - si sa - è la peggiore delle matrigne...

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