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In pursuit of a private vendetta, the young Niccolo Machiavelli leaves his beloved Florence in the g...
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In pursuit of a private vendetta, the young Niccolo Machiavelli leaves his beloved Florence in the grip of the fanatical friar, Savonarola, and travels to Rome only to be lured into the service of the appalling Borgia pope Alexander VI and his power crazed son Cesare. Niccolo's employment on confidential missions involves probing the death of the Sultan of Turkey's brother, an investigation that soon puts his own life in danger. The only way to save himself? - to outscheme the schemers.Based on the recently discovered Escobaldi Papers, purporting to be written by the notorious Renaissance writer and diplomat, Niccolo Machiavelli, Derek Wilson's first Renaissance Mystery is a novel on the rumbustious Italy of the late 15th century.
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