Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de' Medici Miles J. Unger
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

A new biography of Lorenzo de' Medici focuses on "the all-important concept of family honor, and the hyper-competitiveness it created. Two of his sons became powerful popes: Leo X and Clement XII. Although not fiction, I loved "Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de' Medici," by Unger. In many ways the counterpoint to Lorenzo the Magnificent, his rise mirrored the fall of the Medici family. Unger, Simon & Schuster, 2009.) Not all the Medicis were so respectable. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008. (See Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de' Medici, by Miles J. Magnifico : the brilliant life and violent times of Lorenzo de' Medici / Miles J. Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de' Medici by Miles J. UNGER, a contributing writer to The New York Times and former managing editor of Art New England, is the author of Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de'Medici. At the one-third mark, the life hasn't been brilliant, nor the times, violent. Medici, Lorenzo de', 1449-1492. Mostly it's been, We're expecting big things of this boy. Statesmen — Italy — Florence — Biography.