num_pages: 320
description: “Rome at the turn of the 16th century – a city of opulence, violence, intrigue, and lust – the worldly and decadent “City of God.” This is the Rome of the Borgias, where Pope Alexander VI holds court with his mistress, the divine Giulia, at his side; where his daughter Lucrezia, twice-widowed at the age of twenty, consoles herself (it is said) in her brother’s arms; where the once lovely and powerful Caterina Sforza now keeps company with rats in the putrid dungeons of the Sant ‘ Angelo, awaiting her freedom --- or the garrotte….”
language: English
title: City of God
titlecomplete: City of God
characters: Giulia Farnese, Lucrezia Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, Caterina Sforza, Cesare Borgia
genres: Fiction, Historical, Italy, Italian Literature, Historical Fiction, Literature
ratings_count: 135
places: Rome
publisher: Grand Central Pub