I have a thing for the Medici. At least I have a thing for the first few Medici. Once you get to Lorenzo the Magnificent the family takes a sharp turn down hill. However Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici, Cosimo de Medici (I have a picture of him next to my desk and to a … Continue reading Jim Reviews: The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance – Paul Strathern