Médicis #1

Soleil's 2017 historical series Médicis opens with "Cosme l'ancien — De la boue au marbre," plunging readers into the world of Renaissance Florence through the eyes of Cosimo de' Medici himself. Giovanni Lorusso's cover art presents a composed, richly robed young man clutching a bound book as he surveys the terracotta rooftops and rising towers of a bustling medieval city — a figure of quiet ambition set against an achingly detailed urban panorama. Olivier Peru and Lorusso make an immediately compelling case that this is a saga about power, culture, and the long climb from mud to marble.