In The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro de' Medici, Renaissance and early modern European historian Catherine Fletcher tells the story of the dramatic and turbulent life of Alessandro de'Medici, the illegitimate son of a Medici Duke and a maidservant, who at age 19, confronted the violent family rivalries of Italy's oligarchs to restore the Medicis' power in Flo…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM on September 20, 2016