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]]> 2001 5 0 false Wed Dec 31 01:32:25 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 03:12:43 -0800 2009 76135196 699845 1111309 0060394455 9780060394455 3 <![CDATA[The Family: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181089127m/1111309.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181089127s/1111309.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1111309.The_Family_A_Novel 3.35 17 The Godfather; with the creation of the Corleones he forever redefined the concept of blood loyalty. Now, thirty years later, Puzo enriches us all with his ultimate vision of the subject, in a masterpiece that crowns his remarkable career: the story of the greatest crime family in Italian history -- the Borgias.

In The Family, this singular novelist transports his readers back to fifteenth-century Rome and reveals the extravagance and intrigue of the Vatican as surely as he once revealed the secrets of the Mafia. At the story's center is Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, a man whose lustful appetites for power, luxury, and women were matched only by his consuming love of family. Surrounding him are his extraordinary children: the simple, unloved Jofre; the irascible, heartless Juan; the beautiful, strong-willed Lucrezia; and the passionate warrior Cesare, Machiavelli's friend and inspiration. Their intermingled stories constitute a symphony of human emotion and behavior, from pride to romance to jealousy to betrayal and murderous rage. And their time, place, and characters are recaptured in all their earthy, human grandeur, with the unerring insight and compassion that were Mario Puzo's great gifts.

A labor of love two decades in the making, The Family marks the final triumph of one of the greatest storytellers of our time.

]]> 2001 3 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 12:36:54 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 21 15:36:42 -0800 2009 I skimmed some of the political/war parts, but I think this book has something for eve...more...]]> 40849273 1820529 3944500 8408053671 9788408053675 1 <![CDATA[Los Borgia]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1226080978m/3944500.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1226080978s/3944500.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3944500.Los_Borgia 3.96 28 "We are a family," Alexander told his children. "And the loyalty of the family must come before everything and everyone else. For if we honor that commitment, we will never be vanquished -- but if we falter in that loyalty, we will all be condemned."

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]]> 2001 4 0 false Sat Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 02 21:03:32 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 20:36:00 -0800 2009
I don't know why, but I decided to give it another go, but in printed for this time. Taking my time with it, allowed me to more fully appreciated it.

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In The Family, this singular novelist transports his readers back to fifteenth-century Rome and reveals the extravagance and intrigue of the Vatican as surely as he once revealed the secrets of the Mafia. At the story's center is Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, a man whose lustful appetites for power, luxury, and women were matched only by his consuming love of family. Surrounding him are his extraordinary children: the simple, unloved Jofre; the irascible, heartless Juan; the beautiful, strong-willed Lucrezia; and the passionate warrior Cesare, Machiavelli's friend and inspiration. Their intermingled stories constitute a symphony of human emotion and behavior, from pride to romance to jealousy to betrayal and murderous rage. And their time, place, and characters are recaptured in all their earthy, human grandeur, with the unerring insight and compassion that were Mario Puzo's great gifts.

A labor of love two decades in the making, The Family marks the final triumph of one of the greatest storytellers of our time.]]> 2001 4 0 false Fri Jan 09 16:59:34 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 17:00:36 -0800 2009 49444919 127817 274942 0061032425 9780061032424 46 <![CDATA[The Family]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173331359m/274942.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173331359s/274942.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/274942.The_Family 3.52 617 "We are a family," Alexander told his children. "And the loyalty of the family must come before everything and everyone else. For if we honor that commitment, we will never be vanquished -- but if we falter in that loyalty, we will all be condemned."

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In The Family, this singular novelist transports his readers back to fifteenth-century Rome and reveals the extravagance and intrigue of the Vatican as surely as he once revealed the secrets of the Mafia. At the story's center is Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, a man whose lustful appetites for power, luxury, and women were matched only by his consuming love of family. Surrounding him are his extraordinary children: the simple, unloved Jofre; the irascible, heartless Juan; the beautiful, strong-willed Lucrezia; and the passionate warrior Cesare, Machiavelli's friend and inspiration. Their intermingled stories constitute a symphony of human emotion and behavior, from pride to romance to jealousy to betrayal and murderous rage. And their time, place, and characters are recaptured in all their earthy, human grandeur, with the unerring insight and compassion that were Mario Puzo's great gifts.

A labor of love two decades in the making, The Family marks the final triumph of one of the greatest storytellers of our time.

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