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First of great book. Thanks for mentioning this @7858.eth

One of the things that was striking to me about this book (that I didn't realize before I read it) is how much suffering Cosimo really spent most of his life to just get the family off the ground. 

Florentine politics, coming close to death in prison, exile, imprisonment. Really reminds me of Shoe Dog in a way. You're reading the story and going -- wait, we're almost done with the book -- when is the good part going to start? What happened, he's literally just suffering 90% of the time. This is brutal.