Apology for a Murder
by Lorenzino de'Medici
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Famed 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.Tags
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The introduction and the 'Apology' itself are quite interesting; but I found the translation of the account of the murder of Lorenzino quite irritating. The translator says in his introduction: "Taking my cue from the vernacular style of his report, I have not scrupled to foist on him a charicaturial version of the language of a modern-day hitman, an archetypal dodgy geezer". Well, that anachronism really begins to grate. It's as though a London cabbie is recounting the tale, and it struck me as very artificial.
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- Canonical title
- Apology for a Murder
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- Fiction and Literature, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 853.3 — Literature & rhetoric Italian, Romanian & related literatures Italian fiction Age of Leo the Tenth 1492–1542
- LCC
- PQ4630 .M3 .A66 — Language and Literature French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures Italian literature Individual authors, 1400-1700
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- Languages
- English, French
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