Murder of a Medici princess /
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| Author / Creator: | Murphy, Caroline, 1969- |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. |
| Description: | 397 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports., map ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6833025 |
Table of Contents:
- Map of Florence and Medici Family Tree
- Prologue: A Summer's Day at Cerreto Guidi
- I. A Medici Childhood
- 1. The New Medici
- 2. 'I Have Never Seen a More Beautiful Baby Girl'
- 3. Growing up Medici
- 4. Approaching Adulthood
- II. A Medici Princess Grows Up
- 1. A Bridegroom for Isabella
- 2. Medici Weddings
- 3. Zibellini and a Hat Full of Musk
- 4. The Duke and Duchess of Bracciano
- 5. 'My Brother and I'
- 6. Overcome by Sorrow
- III. The First Lady of Florence
- 1. After Eleonora
- 2. At Home with Paolo and Isabella
- 3. Debt
- 4. Conflict
- 5. The Baroncelli
- 6. The Theatre of Isabella
- 7. Fidelities
- 8. Troilo
- 9. A 'Clandestine' Affair
- IV. Medici Machinations
- 1. The Imperial Sister-in-Law
- 2. Family Lives
- 3. Grand Duke
- 4. Cammilla
- 5. 'I Turchi'
- 6. Lepanto and Don Giovanni
- 7. Putti
- 8. Bianca
- 9. An Assassination
- 10. The Best of Times
- V. The Troubles of a Medici Princess
- 1. The Decline of Cosimo
- 2. The Children's Negotiation
- 3. 'My Coming'
- 4. The New Ambassador
- 5. Leonora
- 6. The Duelling Season
- 7. The Pucci Conspiracy
- 8. Troilo, Bandito
- VI. Final Acts
- 1. The New Year
- 2. A Trip to Cafaggiolo
- 3. A Trip to Cerreto Guidi
- 4. 'As If She Imagined What Was in Store for Her'
- 5. Post-Mortem
- 6. The Culling Continued
- 7. The Assassin's Tale
- Epilogue: Isabella Eterna
- Bibliography
- Notes
- List of plates
- Acknowledgements
- Index
