The Borgias
A Tale of Greed, Nepotism, Assassination and Relentless Jostling for Power
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- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
20 November 2007
Summary
The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism, and greed that were rife in Renaissance Italy. The powerful, voracious Rodrigo Borgia, better known to history as Pope Alexander VI, was the central figure of the dynasty. 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. Notorious for seizing…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849019941 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849019940 |
| Author: | Christopher Hibbert |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 20 November 2007 |
| Weight: | 273g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 24mm |
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Hibbert tells a good story.– Times Literary Supplement
Rather more than the story of an extraordinary and vicious family, The House Of Borgia is an engrossing account of a country divided up into a collection of constantly warring states, of
alliances made and broken and of almost unimaginable power and wealth there for the taking by those ruthless enough to let nothing stand in the way of their vaulting ambitions. - Daily Express… a coherent and colourful historical record of the Borgias. - Literary ReviewFew could have told the story better … pacy, uncluttered and an eye for resonant detail. Sparkling. - TribuneA tale of greed, nepotism, assassination and relentless jostling for power. - Sunday TimesHibbert tells a good story. - Times Literary SupplementIn the last book he wrote before he died Hibbert captures quite brilliantly the extravagence and immorality at the heart of the papal empire on the eve of the Reeformation. - Good Book GuideAbout The Author
Christopher Hibbert
Christopher Hibbert wrote more than fifty acclaimed books, including The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici and Rome: The Biography of a City. A leading popular historian whose works reflect meticulous scholarship, he was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He died in 2008.
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