Book description
THE FULL STORY BEHIND THE BORGIAS, NOW A MAJOR TV DRAMA
STARRING JEREMY IRONS
'Either Caesar or nothing' was the motto of Cesare Borgia, whose
name has long been synonymous with evil. Almost five centuries have
passed since his death, yet his reputation still casts a sinister
shadow. He stands accused of treachery, cruelty, rape, incest and,
especially, murder - assassination by poison, the deadly white powder
concealed in the jewelled ring, or by the midnight band of bravos
lurking in the alleys of Renaissance Rome.
This classic book by acclaimed historian and biographer Sarah
Bradford (author of Lucrezia Borgia and Diana), is the
drama of a man of exceptional gifts and a driving lust for power.
Cesare Borgia dared fortune for the highest goals and when fate turned
against him he fell like Lucifer. Set against the brilliant backcloth
of High Renaissance Italy, his life had the perfect proportions of a
Greek tragedy.
