The Borgias : power and fortune /
Strathern, Paul, 1940-
The Borgias : power and fortune / Paul Strathern. - First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. - xvi, 383 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographic sources (pages [343]-361) and index.
Prologue: The crowning moment -- Origins of a dynasty -- The young Rodrigo -- Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia emerges in his true colours -- The way to the top -- A new pope in a new era -- "The scourge of God' -- The best of plans ... -- A crucial realignment -- A royal connection -- IL Valentino's campaign -- Biding time -- The second Romagna campaign -- The Borgias in excelsis -- Cesare strikes out -- Changing fortunes -- Cesare survives -- Borgia's 'reconciliation' -- Lucrezia in Ferrara -- The unforeseen -- Desperate fortune.
"The glorious and infamous history of the Borgia family--a world of saints, corrupt popes, and depraved princes and poisoners--set against the golden age of the Italian Renaissance."--Amazon.com
9781643130835 1643130838
Borgia family.
Nobility--Italy--Papal States--Biography.
Renaissance--Italy.
Italy--History--15th century.
Italy--History--1492-1559.
Papal States--History--1417-1605.
Biographies.
The Borgias : power and fortune / Paul Strathern. - First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. - xvi, 383 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographic sources (pages [343]-361) and index.
Prologue: The crowning moment -- Origins of a dynasty -- The young Rodrigo -- Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia emerges in his true colours -- The way to the top -- A new pope in a new era -- "The scourge of God' -- The best of plans ... -- A crucial realignment -- A royal connection -- IL Valentino's campaign -- Biding time -- The second Romagna campaign -- The Borgias in excelsis -- Cesare strikes out -- Changing fortunes -- Cesare survives -- Borgia's 'reconciliation' -- Lucrezia in Ferrara -- The unforeseen -- Desperate fortune.
"The glorious and infamous history of the Borgia family--a world of saints, corrupt popes, and depraved princes and poisoners--set against the golden age of the Italian Renaissance."--Amazon.com
9781643130835 1643130838
Borgia family.
Nobility--Italy--Papal States--Biography.
Renaissance--Italy.
Italy--History--15th century.
Italy--History--1492-1559.
Papal States--History--1417-1605.
Biographies.