Inheritance of power
Subtitle: the House of Medici : a novel
By: Edward Charles
Edition: First North American edition.
Series: House of Medici -- 1; House of Medici -- 1.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9781629147369; 9781629149943
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Fiction; History
Description: Ever-loyal Maddalena, a diminutive, blue-eyed, black slave, has borne Cosimo de Medici a son and seen him rise to the position of cardinal. Now, late in life, she finds herself committed to a convent, as part of a scheme to protect the Medici Bank from ruin by Cosimo's sons, by hiding a fortune in gold for Cosimo's grandson, Lorenzo, to inherit. But as the months go by, and the gold does not appear, her faith in Cosimo begins to wane and with it, her confidence in her own worth. Has she been duped?
Notes: Originally published in Great Britain in 2013 by Pen & Sword Fiction, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd.