Blood & beauty
Subtitle: the Borgias
By: Sarah Dunant
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print historical fiction; Thorndike Press large print historical fiction
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 815
ISBN-13: 9781410461117
Subjects: Fiction; Large type books; History; Nobility; Church and state
Other titles: Blood and beauty
Description: By the end of the fifteenth century, the beauty and creativity of Italy are matched by its brutality and corruption, nowhere more than in Rome and inside the Church. When Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia buys his way into the papacy as Alexander VI, he is defined not just by his wealth or his passionate love for his illegitimate children, but by his blood: He is a Spanish Pope in a city run by Italians. If the Borgias are to triumph, this charismatic, consummate politician with a huge appetite for life, women, and power must use papacy and family -- in particular, his eldest son, Cesare, and his daughter Lucrezia -- in order to succeed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 807-809).