The Borgias: History's Most Notorious Dynasty

by Mary Hollingsworth

Book Overview

The Borgias have become a byword for pride, lust, cruelty, avarice, splendour and venomous intrigue. An inspiration for many works of fiction, most famously Mario Puzo's The Godfather , they have aroused abomination and fascination in almost equal measure, while their patronage of the arts created some of the great masterpieces of the Renaissance. From the powerful, merciless Rodrigo Borgia, better known as Pope Alexander VI, to the beautiful Lucrezia...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782069445
• ISBN13: 9781782069447
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 7.7"