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|author=Catherine Fletcher

|title= The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro de' Medici

|rating=4.5

|genre=Biography

|summary= Most of the Medicis, who had ruled Florence for much of the fifteenth century, led colourful and violent lives, but few more so than Alessandro, Duke of Florence. In a world of political drama and intrigue, disputed parentage, family rivalry and violent death at an early age, his short life encompassed everything.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099586940</amazonuk>

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|author= Mark Aylwin Thomas

|summary= Orson Welles, the noted actor, director and producer, was one of those larger than life characters whose impact on the world of stage and screen during his lifetime was inestimable. Simon Callow has found the task of condensing his story into a single volume is impossible, and this is the third of three solid instalments.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099502836</amazonuk>

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~~|author=Graeme Thomson~~

~~|title= George Harrison: Behind the Locked Door~~

~~|rating=5~~

~~|genre=Biography~~

|summary= George Harrison was the youngest of the four wartime-born youngsters who came together to form The Beatles. He was also the only one who came from a relatively stable family background, his early years not scarred by the loss of one parent through divorce or early bereavement. With two elder brothers and a sister, he was the baby of the Harrison clan. A poor scholar but a promising trainee electrician in his teens, a musical ear and the advent of rock'n'roll soon led him along an alternative career path. This is a finely balanced warts-and-all portrait of the man, his life, character, songwriting and other interests, an often baffling figure, a strange mix of good and bad. Thomson has dug deeply and spoken to several people who knew him well and worked with him, and as a life of the 'Dark Horse', I doubt it could be bettered. Scrupulously researched, it is easily the most comprehensive Harrison life I have come across, and the most objective.

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1468310658</amazonuk>~~

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