There were two brothers: the elder was Lorenzo Medici, and the younger was Giuliano Medici.
Lorenzo “the Magnificent” would remain a star of the Renaissance— a ruler who helped geniuses and raised Florence to heights beyond reach. And handsome Giuliano, the hero of a true novel, was remembered by his contemporaries for gallantry and tender secret romances with the first beauties of Florence.
And besides, this gallant era of Italy’s history became famous for vile conspiracies, refined treachery, and rivers of blood in the struggle for power and gold…