The conspiracy against the Medici

“A fascinating account of historical investigation.” Washington Post “Highly recommended for laypeople and scholars alike.” Library Journal While working in a private archive in Italy, Marcello Simonetta came across an encrypted letter from Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, to Pope Sixtus IV. This discovery made the cleric the prime suspect in orchestrating the Pazzi conspiracy, an assassination attempt on Lorenzo de' Medici in 1478 in the Florence dome, one of the most compelling episodes of the Renaissance. In The Conspiracy Against the Medici, Simonetta sheds light on this plot, showing how Lorenzo's survival changed the course of Italian history for generations.