Item #13537 Captain of the Medici. John J. Pugh.

Captain of the Medici

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1953. Charles Andres. Hardcover_boards. 6"x8.5" 218 pp. BCE in Brodart mylar. Tan boards w/blue letters on spine. Top stain. Author's first novel. Spine straight, binding tight, pages slight tone. Not x-library, unclipped DJ, & unmarked. Slight edge wear to DJ. Used - Near Fine / VeryGood. Item #13537

Pietro Lucca was meanly born, and thrown out by his father when he was unseemly enough to become involved in a quarrel with a noble. But Pietro was not downed, and by dint of sheer courage and ability became a Captain in the famed Black Bands under Giovanni de'Medici. Pietro's loyalties were sorely tested when the Tuscan troops were defeated and he was offered another chance by Valori, advisor to the Pope in Rome. There was poison in the offer- but Pietro was a soldier of fortune and thought he could play both sides. His belief was shattered- his role of would-be betrayer ate into his conscience- and when he had the chance to redeem himself he took it, and served gallantly in the rescue of his strategically placed castle of Aquila del Monte -- and of Florence itself.

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