A richly detailed history of the notorious Borgia family, one of the most powerful and scandalous dynasties of Renaissance Italy. Marion Johnson traces the rise of Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy as Alexander VI, and the turbulent careers of his children — including Cesare and Lucrezia — with vivid narrative and sharp historical insight.
Lavishly illustrated and thoroughly researched, this is an absorbing account of ambition, corruption, and the ruthless pursuit of power in fifteenth-century Italy.
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Format: Hardcover