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9780143035954

Lucrezia Borgia Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy

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    9780143035954

  • ISBN10:

    0143035959

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-11-01
  • Publisher: Penguin Books

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Summary

The very name Lucrezia Borgia conjures up everything that was sinister and corrupt about the Renaissance—incest, political assassination, papal sexual abuse, poisonous intrigue, unscrupulous power grabs. Yet, as bestselling biographer Sarah Bradford reveals in this breathtaking new portrait, the truth is far more fascinating than the myth. Neither a vicious monster nor a seductive pawn, Lucrezia Borgia was a shrewd, determined woman who used her beauty and intelligence to secure a key role in the political struggles of her day.Drawing from a trove of contemporary documents and fascinating firsthand accounts, Bradford brings to life the art, the pageantry, and the dangerous politics of the Renaissance world Lucrezia Borgia helped to create.

Author Biography

Sarah Bradford is the author of the New York Times bestsellers America-'s Queen and Elizabeth. Her other books include Disraeli, selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; George VI; and Princess Grace. She is married to the Viscount Bangor.

Table of Contents

Author's Notep. ix
List of Illustrationsp. xi
Mapsp. xiv
Genealogical Tables showing the Borgia, Este and Aragona Familiesp. xvi
Acknowledgementsp. xxi
Forewordp. xv
The Scenep. 1
Cast of Principal Charactersp. 4
The Pope's Daughter 1480-1501
The Pope's Daughterp. 11
Countess of Pesarop. 25
The Borgias Renascentp. 50
The Tragic Duchess of Biscegliep. 67
Turning Pointp. 96
Farewell to Romep. 111
Duchess of Ferrara 1502-19
The Road to Ferrarap. 135
A New Lifep. 156
The Heavens Conspirep. 184
The Dark Marquisp. 208
Duchess of Ferrarap. 229
The Congiurap. 250
'Horrors and Tears'p. 268
The Years of War, 1509-12p. 290
Lucrezia Triumphantp. 316
The Last Year of Tranquillityp. 336
The Endp. 360
Postscriptp. 367
Archivesp. 368
Source Notesp. 372
Bibliographyp. 393
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