The Pope's Daughter: A Novel of Lucrezia Borgia

The Pope's Daughter: A Novel of Lucrezia Borgia

Lucrezia Borgia is one of the most vilified figures in modern history. The daughter of a notorious pope, she was twice betrothed before the age of eleven and thrice marriedâ€”one husband was forced to declare himself impotent and thereby unfit and another was murdered by Lucreziaâ€™s own brother, Cesar Borgia. She is cast in the role of murderess, temptress, incestuous lover, loose woman, femme fatale par excellence.
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But there is always more than one version of a story.
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Lucrezia Borgia is the only woman in history to serve as the head of the Catholic Church. She successfully administered several of the Renaissance Italyâ€™s most thriving cities, founded one of the worldâ€™s first credit unions, and was a generous patron of the arts. She was mother to a prince and to a cardinal. She was a devoted wife to the Prince of Ferrara, and the lover of the poet Pietro Bembo. She was a child of the renaissance and in many ways the worldâ€™s first modern woman.
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Dario Fo, Nobel laureate and one of Italyâ€™s most beloved writers, reveals Lucreziaâ€™s humanity, her passion for life, her compassion for others, and her skill at navigating around her familyâ€™s evildoings. The Borgias are unrivalled for the range and magnitude of their political machinations and opportunism. Foâ€™s brilliance rests in his rendering their story as a shocking mirror image of the uses and abuses of power in our own time. Lucrezia herself becomes a model for how to survive and rise above those abuses.
Country USA
Brand Europa Editions
Manufacturer Europa Editions
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber illustrations
ReleaseDate 2015-08-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781609452742

Country	USA
Brand	Europa Editions
Manufacturer	Europa Editions
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	illustrations
ReleaseDate	2015-08-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781609452742

The Pope's Daughter: A Novel of Lucrezia Borgia

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