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Blood & beauty the Borgias : a novel

Dunant, Sarah (author.). OverDrive, Inc. (Added Author).

Summary: The Borgias; A NovelNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWSThe New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Italian Renaissance novels--The Birth of Venus, In the Company of the Courtesan, and Sacred Hearts--has an exceptional talent for breathing life into history. Now Sarah Dunant turns her discerning eye to one of the world's most intriguing and infamous families--the Borgias--in an engrossing work of literary fiction. By the end of the fifteenth century, the beauty and creativity of Italy is 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 ...

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  • ISBN: 9781443406468
  • ISBN: 1443406465
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
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  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : HarperCollins Canada, 2013.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Borgia family -- Fiction
Nobility -- Italy -- Papal States -- Fiction
Church and state -- Fiction
Italy -- History -- 1492-1559 -- Fiction
Genre: Electronic books.

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