描述:Florence, 1429 Giovanni de Medici, thanks to a contract stipulated with the Papacy twenty years before, has transformed his family bank into an unprecedented economic force. But then, Giovanni is mysteriously murdered, and his sons, Cosimo and Lorenzo,
詹姆斯·诺顿,尼古拉·科斯特-瓦尔道,艾米丽·比查姆,克蕾曼丝·波西,埃迪·马森,奥利弗·马苏奇,索尔斯坦·巴赫曼,卢瑟·福特,卡伦姆·西维耶,奥斯吉尔·古纳尔松,杰森·福布斯,Elander Moore,Sveinn Geirsson,Björgvin Franz Gíslason,伊内斯·霍伊塞特·艾瑟森,Tommi Thor Gudmundsson,Daniel Hans Erlendsson,Andre Vonport,Louise Kim Salter,Anthony Bacigalupo
简介：Florence, 1429 Giovanni de Medici, thanks to a contract stipulated with the Papacy twenty years before, has transformed his family bank into an unprecedented economic force. But then, Giovanni is mysteriously murdered, and his sons, Cosimo and Lorenzo, are forced to face a range of enemies plotting to oust the Medici from power. First in line is Rinaldo Albizzi, head of the faction of nobles, who stands opposed not only to the rise of the middle class, favored by the Medici, but also to Cosimos vision for the city, including his patronage of magnificent works of art and architecture by such great artists as Donatello and Brunelleschi. Also in the Medici family keeping the peace is not an easy task. Lorenzo and Cosimo are nearly opposite in temperament, and Cosimos marriage to Contessina de Bardi formed as a political alliance but then matured into a formidable partnership will be severely strained during his exile in Venice. It is there that Cosimo takes up with Maddalena, a beautiful slave who becomes his mistress and the mother of his illegitimate son. In the meantime, the mystery of who killed Giovanni continues to lurk behind the scenes, and a new arch-enemy appears on the horizon in the person of the rival banker Pazzi. All the while, the onerous guilt of the compromises made and the evil done for the good of the family weighs heavily on Cosimos soul. He must decide how far he is willing to go to preserve his vision of Florence a vision we now know as the Renaissance.
