{"product_id":"apology-for-a-murder","title":"Apology For A Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003eFamed for having killed his cousin Alessandro, the Duke of Florence, in 1537, but also for writing accomplished literary works, including a comedy and several poems, Lorenzino de'' Medici remains one of the most enigmatic figures of Italian literature. In his masterpiece, Apology for a Murder, he reveals the inner motives behind his act, portraying himself as a hero to be numbered alongside the great tyrannicides of ancient Rome and Greece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLorenzino himself, in 1548, was murdered by two soldiers hired either by the emperor Charles V or by Cosimo, Alessandro''s successor as Duke, and this volume includes the dramatic account of his killing by Francesco Bibboni, one of the assassins, as well as a selection of Lorenzino''s poems, giving a fully rounded image of the antihero of Alfred de Musset''s Lorenzaccio.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57311871402366,"sku":"NW9781847497925","price":8.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781847497925.jpg?v=1778585176","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/apology-for-a-murder","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}