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The Men Who Would Kill the Medici, Part 1

Noble Blood

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The Death of the Medici Brothers

Pope Paul II was obsessed with the finer things in life. He would bring rubies and sapphires into bed with him at night. The new pope, Sixtus IV, wasn't going to let the position of being pope pass him by without trying to establish a family dynasty. Two of his nephews immediately became cardinals off the bat.

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