house of medici

Alessandro de Medici, known as "the Moor" because his dark complexion, was the first member of his family to control Florence as a hereditary ruler, with the title of duke. However, he was assassinated by a cousin, Lorenzaccio, after being in power for just four years and a few months, and was...

In 1478, a plot was hatched in Renaissance Italy. This was not exactly an uncommon occurrence, but what distinguished this plot was its ambition: kill Lorenzo de' Medici, the de facto ruler of Florence and one of the most powerful men on the peninsula. While the Pazzi conspiracy killed Lorenzo's...

Before anything else, greetings to you reader and fellow history lover. For a few years I have been reading alternate timelines mostly about my country Portugal and I decided to give it a go at writing an alternate timeline of my own. I have experimented with many scenarios until I settled on...