Book description
In a castle in the mountains outside Rome, Lucrezia Borgia is born
into history's most notorious family. Her father, who is to become
Pope Alexander VI, receives his first daughter warmly, and her
brothers, Cesare and Giovanni, are devoted to her. But on the corrupt
and violent streets of the capital the Borgia family are feared, and
Lucrezia's father causes scandal, living up to his reputation of 'most
carnal man of his age'.
As Lucrezia matures into a beautiful young woman, her brothers are
ever more protective and become fierce rivals for her attention. Amid
glorious celebrations their father becomes Pope, and shortly after
Lucrezia is married - but as Borgias the lives of the Pope's children
are destined to be marred by scandal and tragedy, and it's a fate that
Lucrezia cannot hope to escape ...
Jean Plaidy, one of the preeminent authors of historical fiction for
most of the twentieth century, is the pen name of the prolific English
author Eleanor Hibbert, also know as Victoria Holt. Jean Plaidy's novels
had sold more than 14 million copies worldwide by the time of her death
in 1993.
