The Borgias: The Hidden History
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Forget everything you think you know about the most infamous family of the Italian Renaissance-here in every colorful detail is the real story of the Borgias and their indelible, tumultuous world, written by the gifted author of the acclaimed A World Undoneand The Tudorsand timed to coincide with the upcoming new season of the celebrated Showtime series, The Borgias.
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Meet Rodrigo Borgia-Pope Alexander VI; Cesare Borgia-the reputed model for Machiavelli's The Prince; Lucrezia; and Juan-the members of one of the most notorious families in European history. Epic in scope and set against the beautifully rendered backdrop of Renaissance Italy, The Borgiasis a thrilling new depiction of these celebrated personalities and an era unsurpassed in beauty, terror, and intrigue.
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