Medici Money: Banking, metaphysics and art in fifteenth-century Florence

In a brisk and witty narrative, Tim Parks uncovers the intrigues, dodges and moral qualities that gave the Medici their edge. Vividly evoking the richness of the Renaissance and the Medici’s glittering circle, replete with artists, popes and kings, Medici Money is a brilliant look into the origins of modern banking and its troubled relationship with art and religion.