The Cardinal's Hat
Subtitle: Money, Ambition, and Everyday Life in the Court of a Borgia Prince
Publisher: Overlook Hardcover
Published: June 2, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781585676804
Subjects: Este, Ippolito d',; Royalty; History - General History; Biography/Autobiography; Social life and customs; Biography; Nobility; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Historical - General; World - General; Ferrara; Cardinals; History / Renaissance; Ancient - General; Italy; Personal Memoirs; Renaissance; 1509-1572; 16th century
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.