Novel of the Borgias Madonna of the Seven Hills: A Novel of the Borgias, Book 1, (Paperback)

from MarysGirl

I got this and the sequel as a bargain ebook, but I'm not that thrilled with the writing or the story. There is something flat and one-dimensional about the characters. Also knowing the basic history takes the element of surprise out of the plot. This might have been a classic of its time, but it...

from tina1969

Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI, and sister of Cesare and Giovanni, are all part of a feared family. This account is of the early life of Lucrezia as she matures into a young woman. After having watching 'The Borgias' tv series I could think of no better way than reading about them...

from PhilSyphe

The novel opens just before Lucrezia's birth in 1480 and continues through to 1498. The core of the story is her relationship with her father and two of her brothers, and of those brothers' mutual hate of each other. Yet they both love Lucrezia to an unnatural extent, competing for her affection ...

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This is the first Jean Plaidy book I've ever read that did not concern itself with a Queen of England. I was expecting the reading of it to be a stranger experience. But Jean Plaidy is always Jean Plaidy, writing as if she's telling a fairy tale but not sparing us any of the unsavory or unpleasa...