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Format:
Book
Title:
Lucrezia Borgia : life, love and death in Renaissance Italy
ISBN:
9780670033539

9780739456033

9780143035954
Edition:
1st American ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Viking, 2004.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 421 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
Genealogical Tables showing the Borgia, Este and Aragona Families -- The Scene -- Cast of Principal Characters -- The Pope's Daughter 1480-1501 -- The Pope's Daughter -- Countess of Pesaro -- The Borgias Renascent -- The Tragic Duchess of Bisceglie -- Turning Point -- Farewell to Rome -- Duchess of Ferrara 1502-19 -- The Road to Ferrara -- A New Life -- The Heavens Conspire -- The Dark Marquis -- Duchess of Ferrara -- The Congiura -- 'Horrors and Tears' -- The Years of War, 1509-12 -- Lucrezia Triumphant -- The Last Year of Tranquillity -- Archives.
Summary:
Discusses the infamous Renaissance woman's origins as the illegitimate child of Pope Alexander VI, forced first marriage at the age of thirteen, increasing power during two subsequent marriages, and role in the era's political struggles.
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