Borgias: Power and Fortune

The Borgias is a captivating story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history, marking the golden age of the Italian Renaissance and a decisive turning point in European history.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 400 pages
\n Publication date: 03 September 2020
\n Publisher: Atlantic Books
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The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history.
The Borgias have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthlessness, avarice, and vicious cruelty – all have been associated with their name. But the story of this remarkable family is far more than a tale of sensational depravities – it also marks the golden age of the Italian Renaissance and a decisive turning point in European history.

From the family's Spanish roots and the papacy of Rodrigo Borgia, to the lives of his infamous offspring, Lucrezia and Cesare – the hero who dazzled Machiavelli, but also the man who befriended Leonardo da Vinci – Paul Strathern tells the captivating story of this great dynasty and the world in which they flourished.

A vivid insight into the hothouse world of papal politics in the tumultuous years before the Reformation.

Daily Telegraph

Authoritative and well-written

Wall Street Journal

\n Weight: 396g\n
Dimension: 130 x 198 x 34 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781786495464\n
Edition number: Main\n