The Cardinal's Hat
Subtitle: Money, Ambition, and Everyday Life in the Court of a Borgia Prince
Publisher: Overlook TP
Published: May 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781585678037
Subjects: Royalty; Monarchy And Aristocracy; Italy - History; History; Biography / Autobiography; History: World; Renaissance; Historical - General; History / Renaissance; Europe - Italy
First sentence: LUCRETIA BORGIA MADE her official entry into Ferrara late one clear, cold afternoon in February 1502 through streets lined with crowds of citizens eager to see the woman who had married Alfonso d'Este, the heir to the duchy.