Jean Plaidy
For the first time in one volume, Jean Plaidyâ€™s duet of Borgia novels brings to life the infamous, reckless, and passionate family in an unforgettable historical saga.,Madonna of the Seven Hills:, Â , Fifteenth-century Rome: the Borgia family is on the rise. Lucreziaâ€™s father is named Pope Alexander VI, and he places his daughter and her brothers Cesare, Giovanni, and Goffredo in the jeweled splendorâ€”and scandalâ€”of his court. From the Popeâ€™s affairs with adolescent girls, to Cesareâ€™s dangerous jealousy of anyone who inspires Lucreziaâ€™s affections, to the ominous birth of a child conceived in secret, no Borgia can elude infamy.,Light on Lucrezia:, Â , Some said she was an elegant seductress. Others swore she was an incestuous murderess. She was the most dangerous and sought after woman in all of Rome. Lucrezia Borgiaâ€™s young life has been colored by violence and betrayal. Now, married for the second time at just eighteen she hopes for happiness with her handsome husband Alfonso. But faced with brutal murder, she's soon torn between her love for her husband and her devotion to her brother Cesareâ€¦ And in the days when the Borgias ruled Italy, no one was safe from the long arm of their power. Not even Lucrezia.
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The Borgias