Novel of the Borgias Light on Lucrezia: A Novel of the Borgias, Book 2, (Paperback)

from PhilSyphe

The novel opens in 1498 when eighteen-year-old Lucrezia is about to be married for a second time. As with the previous book, the core of the story is Lucrezia's relationship with her father - Pope Alexander VI - and her brother Cesare, only this time the mighty Borgias are seen in decline. Cesare...

from MarysGirl

I didn't find Lucrezia Borgia (as written) a compelling character. She came across as vain, naive, and shallow. Plaidy made much of the strong bonds among the Borgia children and their father Pope Alexander which was to excuse the excesses they engaged in and forgiveness among them for unforgivab...

from KateSherrod

I thoroughly enjoyed Plaidy's earlier look at the life of the infamous but possibly unfairly maligned Lucrezia Borgia, Madonna of the Seven Hills, in which Plaidy neatly focused, not on the most infamous rumors and legends about this woman and her family, but on how those nasty tales might have g...