The Medici, Volume 2: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Medici, Volume 2, credited to G. F. Young, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Medici, Volume 2 by G. F. Young. Read in English by volunteer readers. This work relates the history of the Medici family through three centuries and eleven generations, from its rise from obscurity, to its zenith of power and influence, to its eventual decay and ruin. It outlines their history in conjunction with the major events of Europe and dwells much on the artists and artworks patronized by the Medici - the impetus of the Renaissance. This second volume begins in 1537 and highlights Catherine, the last of the elder branch, then follows the younger branch to the eventual extinction of the family in 1743. - Summary by TriciaG

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Medici, Volume 2
• Author credits: G. F. Young
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 47
• Listed recording duration: 15:22:50

Catalogue topics

• politics
• history
• religion
• art
• family
• renaissance
• Florence
• architecture

Opening tracks: first 24 of 47

1. 01 - Chapter XIX Catherine de Medici, part 1 — 19:34
2. 02 - Chapter XIX Catherine de Medici, part 2 — 28:07
3. 03 - Chapter XIX Catherine de Medici, part 3 — 18:33
4. 04 - Chapter XIX Catherine de Medici, part 4 — 28:50
5. 05 - Chapter XX Catherine de Medici, part 1 — 20:49
6. 06 - Chapter XX Catherine de Medici, part 2 — 12:42
7. 07 - Chapter XX Catherine de Medici, part 3 — 18:27
8. 08 - Chapter XX Catherine de Medici, part 4 — 15:25
9. 09 - Chapter XX Catherine de Medici, part 5 — 23:33
10. 10 - Chapter XX Catherine de Medici, part 6 — 20:13
11. 11 - Chapter XX Catherine de Medici, part 7 — 15:30
12. 12 - Chapter XX Catherine de Medici, part 8 — 10:06
13. 13 - Chapter XX Catherine de Medici, part 9 — 18:22
14. 14 - Chapter XX Catherine de Medici, part 10 — 23:34
15. 15 - Chapter XX Catherine de Medici, part 11; Part II Introduction — 11:22
16. 16 - Chapter XXI Lorenzo (the elder), Pier Francesco (the elder), Lorenzo (the younger), and Pier Francesco (the younger) — 12:21
17. 17 - Chapter XXII Giovanni ''Popolano,'' and Catherine Sforza, part 1 — 16:16
18. 18 - Chapter XXII Giovanni ''Popolano,'' and Catherine Sforza, part 2 — 19:00
19. 19 - Chapter XXII Giovanni ''Popolano,'' and Catherine Sforza, part 3 — 22:33
20. 20 - Chapter XXII Giovanni ''Popolano,'' and Catherine Sforza, part 4 — 12:50
21. 21 - Chapter XXIII Giovanni delle Bande Nere, and Maria Salviati, part 1 — 24:51
22. 22 - Chapter XXIII Giovanni delle Bande Nere, and Maria Salviati, part 2 — 14:07
23. 23 - Chapter XXIV Cosimo I, part 1 — 22:16
24. 24 - Chapter XXIV Cosimo I, part 2 — 21:05

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