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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of those books that's hard to ignore once you get into it.  It calls to you to finish.<br/><br/>It's not a story that will leave you feeling wonderful.  It is not a love conquers all type of story, I wish it was.  I'm kind of partial to happy endings and love so strong mad men become s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71673440">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I do not like this book, or I should say I enjoyed this book fine until the Romans entered the picture. I am seeing a pattern in all books I read with Romans in them. What a vile, disgusting lot. The first half of the book is Sancha and her childhood home, cruel father, a war fought with the french,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72499339">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A friend of mine introduced me to the wonders of historical fiction, so I picked this book up. It's based on fact - the evils and corruption of Pope Alexander and his family, and what happened to them. The details are what was invented for the book. It's especially interesting if you enjoy history i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38623793">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow, this book was smutty.   I felt sinful reading it.  The Borgia Bride was a true guilty pleasure, because while I felt guilty reading it, it was most certainly a book I could not put down.  This gave an often unseen glimpse into the Borgia family, one of the original mafia families, in my opinion...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66993292">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This historical fiction focused on the Italian Renaissance and the self-absorbed evil of those in power in Rome.  I do not know enough history to validate the content.  The story got a bit too evil and too sexual for me, at times, yet the author sited these as facts of the era.  <br/><br/>At any r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64644760">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i just have read this book and i was amazed actually shocked with the historical facts stated in there.. i am not that fond of reading historical books,. im the person who just craves for typical love stories. but when my friend introduced this one to me, i accepted it and after reading,i fell inlov...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53419235">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Usually the period novels from this general era are overly flowery without any real story. The Borgia Bride is based on fact, but embellished and imagined, which makes it very entertaining. It is at times tawdry and at times very sad. The novel is a bit slow at the beginning but has war and love and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62793661">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book suffered from an aspiration to be a Philippa Gregory novel, which is not a healthy ambition for a book to have. Lucky for Jeane Kalogridis' readers, however, the subject matter dealt with here was blissfully less well known than anything written by Philippa Gregory, and the historical dict...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35658203">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Thought I had heard it all.  Well I was shocked. Takes depraved to a whole new level.  I kept thinking, surely this can't be true. One horrendous act after another.  I loved it. I had a little trouble getting into it at first but then after 1/4 of the way thru it gained speed.  I really pitied poor ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44073402">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A great historical novel and a wonderful read. Learned a lot about the Borgia house, and Italian history. I read The Birth of Venus before this book so i was already familiar with some history that happened in the time of Pope Alexander VI and Savonarola. Very excited to read I, Mona Lisa!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I know a lot about English monarchies back in the day, but Italy was something completely different. There are a lot of similar sounding names, and I never did figure out all the political maneuvering. Luckily this is a fine novel even without a firm grasp of the era’s politics. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was so good!  I randomly picked it up at the bookstore and thought, &quot;Well, I haven't read historical fiction for awhile...this might be good.&quot;  It was very reminiscent of &quot;The Other Boleyn Girl.&quot;  Really great, fast read!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another book I absolutely loved.....I love historical novels though.....not all of them..it depends on the authors command (or lack of in some cases) of the English Language. This was without doubt intriguing]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[In my opinion The Borgia Bride is a really great and also believable book. Fantasting written, exciting and shocking.<br/>For some people the plot maybe sounds a bit cheesy, but the novel isn't, promised.]]></body>
    
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