The Borgias

by Ivan Cloulas

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Traces the lives of the famous Italian family, discusses their influence in religion and politics, and looks at period in which they lived.

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Traces the meteoric rise & eventual fall of this most famous/infamous family of Renaissance Italy: Alonso & his unscrupulous nephew Rodrigo; the amoral Cesare, the model for Macchiavelli's perfect prince; & Lucrezia, political pawn in her family's deadly game of influence-peddling (

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Cloulas, Ivan	Author	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Roberts, Gilda	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Canonical title

The Borgias

Original title

Les Biorgia

Les Borgias

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1987-05-12 (1e édition originale française ∙ Grande biographie ∙ Fayard)

2011-10-26 (Nouvelle édition française, Pluriel, Fayard)

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1. volume = La fortuna dei Borgia è nata in Spagna nella piccola città di Játiva, situata all'estremità meridionale della huerta di Valencia, sulle pendici della sierra de las Agujas o montagna delle Guglie.

2. volume = In questo mese di settembre 1500, mentre entra nel suo venticinquesimo anno, Cesare prende deliberatamente come modello il suo illustre omonimo antico, Giulio Cesare.

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