num_pages: 406
description: Originally published in an abridged translation, 1953.Although Lucrezia Borgia was a daughter of Pope Alexander VI and chiefly remembered as a raven-haired poisoner, Bellonci depicts a passionate woman moving uncertainly through the papal court and the intrigues, ambitions, and political chicanery that swirled about her. Winner of the Viareggio Literary Award and the Galante Prize in Italy in 1953.
language: English
title: Lucrezia Borgia
titlecomplete: Lucrezia Borgia
characters: Lucrezia Borgia
genres: Italian Literature, Historical, History, Italy, European History, Biography Memoir, Biography, 15th Century, Essays, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 968
publisher: Phoenix