Author:
Strathern, Paul, 1940- author.
Edition Statement:First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
ImprintNew York : Pegasus Books, 2019.
Imprint2019.
Descriptionxvi, 383 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Note:Prologue: The crowning moment -- Origins of a dynasty -- The young Rodrigo -- Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia emerges in his true colours -- The way to the top -- A new pope in a new era -- "The scourge of God' -- The best of plans ... -- A crucial realignment -- A royal connection -- IL Valentino's campaign -- Biding time -- The second Romagna campaign -- The Borgias in excelsis -- Cesare strikes out -- Changing fortunes -- Cesare survives -- Borgia's 'reconciliation' -- Lucrezia in Ferrara -- The unforeseen -- Desperate fortune.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographic references (pages 343-361) and index.
Note:The glorious and infamous history of the Borgia family--a world of saints, corrupt popes, and depraved princes and poisoners--set against the golden age of the Italian Renaissance.
