The Borgias
History's Most Notorious Dynasty
$39.51
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
9 June 2014
Summary
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 and the debauched and murder…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781782069447 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1782069445 |
| Author: | Mary Hollingsworth |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 9 June 2014 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 131mm x 14mm |
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About The Author
Mary Hollingsworth
Mary Hollingsworth has a B.Sc. in business studies and a Ph.D. in art history. Her doctoral thesis dealt with the role of the architect in Italian Renaissance building projects and led to research on the role of the patron in the development of Renaissance art and architecture.
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