Lucrezia as an intelligent noblewoman, powerless to defy her familys patriarchal order, yet an enlightened ruler in her own right as duchess of ferrara. He even persuaded pope sixtus iv to pronounce cesare legitimate so that he could hold an office in the church. G download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. See more ideas about lucrezia borgia, alexander vi and the borgias.
Yet after a brutal killing shocks the city, lucrezia learns that a dark truth lies beneath the surface of the. The subject is the poisoning of her first husband duke alfonso of bisceglia. However, as tragedy looms ever closer, she finds herself confronting enemies far more sinister than she ever imagined. As a project designed to distinguish the historical lucrezia borgia from the legend, bradfords readable biography resoundingly succeeds. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading poison in the blood. Lucrezia borgia april 18, 1480june 24, 1519 was the illegitimate daughter of pope alexander vi rodrigo borgia by one of his mistresses. Daughter of pope alexander vi and sister of cesare, she is often accused of sharing in their many crimes and excesses but was more likely just an instrument for their ambitious projects. Her very name evokes images of evil incarnate, but are they accurate. So if youve read the book and think it should be included here, do add it. Thvjcmv6awegqm9yz2lhicheb25pemv0dgksiedhzxrhbm8p identifier imslpborgiadonizettigaetano. As the teenage daughter of pope alexander vi, lucrezia borgia is a young noblewoman immersed in all the glamor of the vatican palace.
It doesnt seem to have made it to this list, probably because it was first translated to english in 1953. Lucrezia borgia 18 april 1480 24 june 1519 was the daughter of pope alexander vi, and his longterm mistress vannozza dei cattanei. Her brothers included cesare borgia, giovanni borgia, and gioffre borgia lucrezias family was typical of the ruthless machiavellian politics and sexual corruption of the times. She has been called the most depraved woman in history, yet the charges of murder and incest against her have never been proven. She was born on april 18, 1480, the illegitimate daughter of future pope alexander vi, then cardinal rodrigo borgia and his longtime mistress vannozza dei cattanei. A teenage assassin kills with a single kiss until she is ordered to kill the one boy she loves. At the end of the 15th century, rome is ruled ruthlessly by power mad and sex hungry cesare borgia, the eldest son of pope alexander vi.
Lucrezia borgia, duchess of ferrara, was the daughter of alexander vi, the future pope and she had married thrice into famous families that helped her own family to have a flourishing political career. About the daughter of the borgia, a noble medieval house. Lucrezia borgia very interesting woman century temptress just had bad press lucrezia borgia the illegitimate daughter of pope alexaqnder vi duchess of freeara this is traditionaly thought to be a protraite of teenage lucrezia depicted as st catherine in the fresno the disputation of st. Start with the life and times of lucrezia borgia by maria bellonci. Andrew porter found caballe undramatic, perlea dull and the recording underproduced not a performance of the opera in the way that walter legges angel or john culshaws decca sets are. The task of raising lucrezia, however, was given to rodrigos cousin, the widow adriana damila. He already had four children by a selection of mistresses and cesare was the first of four others he would father by vannozza catanei. Lucrezia borgias gaze is directed at the viewer, who occupies the position figurately occupied by lucrezias husband, whom she has just poisoned. The memoirs of lucrezia borgia kindle edition by scarsbrook, m. Lucrezia borgia simple english wikipedia, the free. She had three political marriages, arranged for her familys advantage, and likely had several adulterous alliances. Lucrezia borgia, italian noblewoman and a central figure of the infamous borgia family of the italian renaissance. Some people believe that lucrezia borgia had slept with and killed an incredible number of men.
I bought this book as a birthday present for my husband john quinn, who just inhales historical novels. Lucrezia borgia was born on 18 april 1480 at subiaco, near rome. The truth is we dont know what would have happened, and we dont know what republicans would come up with had he been the nominee. Permission is granted to copy, distribute andor modify this document under the terms of the gnu free documentation license, version 1. Poison in the blood the memoirs of lucrezia borgia selfpromotions by authors and publishers. She was certainly a pawn in her fathers quest for power, in that he married her off to three different members of european nobility in order to advance his political ambitions. Notes naples, biblioteca del conservatorio di musica s.
As the teenage daughter of pope alexander vi, lucrezia borgia is a young noblewoman immersed in. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled gnu free documentation license. However, as tragedy looms ever closer, she finds herself confronting enemies far more. Scarsbrook is a tale of ambition, lust, intrigue and murder that riveted my attention from beginning to end. With francesca bertini, maria caserini, maria jacobini, vittoria lepanto.
Although the name borgia is well known for their power hungry and decadent lifestyle, little is known of lucrezia, the daughter of rodrigo borgia, pope alexander vi. Borgia was born into a greedy and vicious family and many believe she was equally ambitious and ruthless. Lucrezia borgia was born on april 18, 1480, the daughter of cardinal rodrigo borgia c. Lust, jealousy, poison, and murder posted on november 10, 2014 february 6, 2017 by kim seabrook to the french novelist victor hugo she was the most hideous, the most repulsive, and the most complete moral deformity, and lucrezia borgia remains even to this day one of the most vilified women in history. The stories about the lucrezia borgias life ruthless manipulator, possessor of a poison ring, sexual predator often overshadow the more nuanced and fascinating story of her life. The belief probably originates from victor hugos play from the 19 th century, and the opera based on it. Lucrezia borgia biography childhood, life achievements. Poison in the blood the memoirs of lucrezia borgia. Following the advice of his chief adviser niccolo macchiavelli, cesare borgia decides to attempt to unify the country in order to become.
Dgrs terse description of the drama notes the key iconic elements. The fictionalized autobiography of the infamous italian duchess, her ruthlessly ambitious father, who hid behind a mask of piety as pope alexander vi, and her brother cesare. Poison in the blood, the memoirs of lucrezia borgia, by m. It was alleged to be characteristic of the renaissance papacy. Cesare borgialucrezia borgiamicheletto corella 5 include additional tags sibling incest 155 alternate universe modern setting 58 incest 33 explicit sexual content 27 angst 16 postcanon 14 brothersister relationships 12 brothersister incest 12. Cesare borgialucrezia borgia works archive of our own. A fullcolor restoration of the ancient mexican manuscript dover fine art, history of art mosbys memoirs. Lucrezia borgia and the mother of poisons by roberta.