Yet as bestselling biographer sarah bradford reveals in this breathtaking new portrait, the truth is far. Drawing from a trove of contemporary documents and fascinating firsthand accounts, bradford brings to life the art, the pageantry, and the dangerous politics of the renaissance world lucrezia borgia helped to create. Turning point the popes daughter 14801501 lucrezia borgia. Lucrezia borgias name has echoed through history as a byword for evil a poisoner who committed incest with her natural father, pope alexander vi, and with her brother, cesare borgia. The very name lucrezia borgia conjures up everything that was sinister and corrupt about the renaissanceincest, politic. Lucrezia borgia life love and death in renaissance italy. Sarah bradford discusses the infamous renaissance womans origins as the illegitimate child of pope alexander vi, forced first marriage at the age of thirteen, increasing power during two subsequent marriages, and. Life, love, and death in renaissance italy kindle edition new from. They were from aragon, the surname being a toponymic from the town of borja, then in the crown of aragon, in spain. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Lucrezia has been charged with incest and murder, but bradford paints a different portrait of a young woman who spent much of her life under the rule of her father and brother and was used.
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Life, love, and death in renaissance italy as want to read. Lucrezia borgia ebook by sarah bradford rakuten kobo. Dec 03, 2019 lucrezia borgia was an italian noblewoman and daughter of pope alexander vi. Life, love, and death in renaissance italy kindle edition by sarah bradford author. Lucrezia had two older brothers, giovanni juan and cesare. Life, love and death in renaissance italy by sarah bradford viking. In 1493, lucrezia married giovanni sforza it was a marriage of politics, pope alexander vi believed that having the sforzas as his allies would help him in his political endeavours and it was a way of thanking the sforza family for their help in electing him as pope. They whispered that she committed incest with her father alexander, and maybe her brother.
Bradford brings to life the art, the pageantry, and the dangerous politics of the renaissance world lucrezia borgia helped to create. This is a true story covering the life of lucrezia borgia, the illegitimate daughter of pope alexander vi, who lived in what is now italy in the late 1400s. Life, love and death in renaissance italy by sarah bradford 368pp, penguin. Life, love, and death in renaissance italy by sarah bradford 2005, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Dec, 2015 read or download now lucrezia borgia life love and death in renaissance italy download. A notorious reputation precedes her, and she is inextricably. Life, love and death in renaissance italy speranza. Yet, as bestselling biographer sarah bradford reveals in this breathtaking new portrait, the truth is far more fascinating than the myth. Lucrezia borgia life love and death in renaissance italy by. Lucrezia borgia simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Life, love, and death in renaissance italy audible audiobook unabridged sarah bradford author, lorna raver narrator, blackstone audio, inc. In her early 20s, a courtier described her as of middle height and graceful of form. Life, love, and death in renaissance italy by sarah bradford by sarah bradford by sarah bradford by sarah bradford.
Lucrezia borgia by sarah bradford books the guardian. Jun 14, 2018 born on april 18 1480, lucrezia borgia was the daugher of cardinal rodrigo borgia and his mistress, vannozza giovanna dei cattani. Life, love, and death in renaissance italy by sarah bradford. Her father doted on his children but had a special bond with his only daughter. Born on april 18 1480, lucrezia borgia was the daugher of cardinal rodrigo borgia and his mistress, vannozza giovanna dei cattani. Bradford sees lucrezia neither as a helpless victim nor a femme fatale but as a resourceful individualan able administrator, a genuinely religious woman. Lucrezia borgia was born on 18 april 1480 at subiaco, near rome. As the victor of fornovo and the foremost soldier in italy, francesco gonzaga, with his dark, sensual looks, no doubt made an impression on lucrezia and he was destined to play a major role in her life. This apparently documents an actual event, although the precise moment depicted a franciscan friar kissing lucrezias feet was invented by the artist. Life, love and death in renaissance italy, sarah bradford relates the life of one of historys most controversial women. The world has been so unfair to you but as more of your life comes to light we have a better understanding of your life, love and death in renaissance italy. Life, love, and death in renaissance italy unabridged by bradford, sarah isbn. Life, love and death in renaissance italy is the first biography of lucrezia borgia for over sixty years.
Life, love, and death in renaissance italy 9780143035954. Lucrezia borgia is legendary as the archetypal villainess who carried out the poisoning plotted by her scheming fatherpope alexander vi, aka rodrigo borgiaand by her ruthlessly ambiti. A romebased american historian tells the extraordinary story of caterina sforza, perhaps the most. Lucrezia was born in subiaco, italy to cardinal rodrigo borgia and roman mistress vannozza dei catanei. When wealth and power were intoxicatingly flowing during the renaissance the beautiful lucrezia was in the thick of it and was woman of her times despite the manipulations of her overly. Read or download now lucrezia borgia life love and death in renaissance italy download. Bradford argues that in her maturity lucrezia was an enlightened ruler, kind and decisive in time of war, generous to the poets and artists of her court, passionate in love, and utterly indifferent to sexual morality. Life, love, and death in renaissance italy penguin bks 2005 isbn. Drawing from a trove of contemporary documents and fascinating firsthand accounts, bradford brings to life the art, the pageantry. It says something about the reputation of the borgia. She had three political marriages, arranged for her familys advantage, and likely had several adulterous alliances. Oct 21, 2004 this is a true story covering the life of lucrezia borgia, the illegitimate daughter of pope alexander vi, who lived in what is now italy in the late 1400s.