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Geiste Raiceviciute _eisterra — This is the dramatic story of an assassination attempt on Lorenzo and Giuliano De'Medici which was carried out in the great cathedral of Florence in April, 1478. The conspiracy to kill the two brothers, one of which died in the attack, united a rival Florentine banking family, the Pazzi, with the desire of Pope Sixtus IV to rid Florence of the Medici. The author, Martines, does an expert job of providing the reader with the social, economic, and political background of the plot. What's more, he succeeds in drawing living portraits of the key players in this horrific story of murder and retribution. Martines succeeds in informing us of what life and politics were like in a city state essentially ruled by a Mafia don, Lorenzo, Il Magnifico. Ostensibly a republic, Florence was dominated by rival families who constituted the various parties. Politics was governed by familial bonds of kinship and marriage. One's primary loyalty was to one's family. The state was used as a tool to advance one's own fortunes and punish one's enemies. Not unlike the dream of Tom Delay and Karl Rove. A wonderful read that sheds a clear light on the shadowy and dangerous politics of the quattrocento.