false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172172070m/145269.jpg 145269 8 The very name Lucrezia Borgia conjures up everything that was sinister and corrupt about the Renaissance&#151;incest, political assassination, papal sexual abuse, poisonous intrigue, unscrupulous power grabs. Yet, as bestselling biographer Sarah Bradford reveals in this breathtaking new portrait, the truth is far more fascinating than the myth. Neither a vicious monster nor a seductive pawn, Lucrezia Borgia was a shrewd, determined woman who used her beauty and intelligence to secure a key role in the political struggles of her day. <P> Drawing from a trove of contemporary documents and fascinating firsthand accounts, Bradford brings to life the art, the pageantry, and the dangerous politics of the Renaissance world Lucrezia Borgia helped to create. 140174 2004 Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy total:130|5:17|4:42|3:40|2:20|1:11| 130 424 253 24 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Aug 13 08:04:01 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 08:04:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 03 10:36:58 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 10:36:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Jul 09 17:53:18 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 17:53:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 18:31:09 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 13:35:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 20:12:53 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 19:53:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 20 08:44:12 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 08:48:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 19:49:31 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 17:26:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 17 20:23:22 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 20:25:01 -0800 2009 4 0 true false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 14 13:00:57 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 16 09:30:24 -0800 2007 This book does a lot to rehabilitate the reputation of Lucrezia whose name had become a byword for evil, and who has been called “the greatest whore in Christendom”.
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Title Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy
Author Sarah Bradford
Reviewed By Purplycookie


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