剋裏斯托弗•希伯特於1924年齣生於英國萊斯特郡，英國皇傢文學院成員、萊斯特大學文學榮譽博士，畢業於牛津大學拉德利和奧裏爾學院。二戰期間他入伍成為一名步兵，曾兩次負傷，並於1945年獲得軍功十字勛章。《新政治傢》稱其為“傳記作者中的明珠”，《泰晤士報》則形容他“可能是世上最具天賦的通俗曆史學傢”。剋裏斯托弗•希伯特著有許多廣受贊譽的作品，包括《拉格倫王的滅亡》（榮獲1962年海涅曼文學奬）、《倫敦城市史》《法國大革命》《羅馬城市史》《佛羅倫薩城市史》等。有兩個兒子和一個女兒，現居於泰晤士河畔亨利小鎮。

譯者馮璿，北京外國語大學英語學院畢業，曾在齣版社從事版權進齣口工作，現專門進行著作翻譯。

It was a dynasty with more wealth, passion, and power than the houses of Windsor, Kennedy, and Rockefeller combined. It shaped all of Europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists, and even popes, for three hundred years. It was the house of Medici, patrons of Botticelli, Michelangelo and Galileo, benefactors who turned Florence into a global power center, and then lost it all. The House of Medici picks up where Barbara Tuchman's Hibbert delves into the lives of the Medici family, whose legacy of increasing self-indulgence and sexual dalliance eventually led to its self-destruction. With twenty-four pages of black-and-white illustrations, this timeless saga is one of Quill's strongest-selling paperbacks.