Christopher Hibbert\'s latest history brings the family and the world they lived in--the glittering Rome of the Italian Renaissance--to life.
Erudite, witty, and always insightful, Hibbert removes the layers of myth around the Borgia family and creates a portrait alive with his superb sense of character and place..
Notorious for seizing power, wealth, land, and titles through bribery, marriage, and murder, the dynasty\'s dramatic rise from its Spanish roots to its occupation of the highest position in Renaissance society forms a gripping tale.
Two of his seven papal offspring also rose to power and fame--Lucrezia Borgia, his daughter, whose husband was famously murdered by her brother, and that brother, Cesare, who served as the model for Niccolo Machiavelli\'s The Prince .
The powerful, voracious Rodrigo Borgia, better known to history as Pope Alexander VI, was the central figure of the dynasty.
The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism, and greed that were rife in Renaissance Italy.
Christopher Hibbert\'s latest history brings the family and the world they lived in--the glittering Rome of the Italian Renaissance--to life
