Lucrezia Borgia

Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy | Sarah Bradford

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I watched the TV series “The Borgias” years ago when it was shown on TV. Her father was chosen to be the Pope in 1492 and his rapacity is seen as the most corrupt in Vatican history.

This is the story of Lucrezia, deemed the most beautiful women of her time. She had been engaged 3 times before she was 13, at 13 she was mad for the first time. Her father had her marriages annulled and husbands killed as he saw fit. Her 3rd marriage was her last,

AnneCecilie making her the Duchess of Ferrara. She was a good administrator and as her husband was of fighting in wars, she would take care of everything in Ferrara. 1y

AnneCecilie This was my #SexDrugsandRockandRoll book July. I went in a different way than most. But there was more than enough sex, poison and doing what you want here. @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen 3rd book finished for #RushAThon @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES (edited) 1y

BarbaraBB Fab choice for the prompt! 1y

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Ericalambbrown

Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy | Sarah Bradford

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This is a really good book if you are interested in the real history of the Borgia family rather than the sensationalized stories often used in soapy tv dramas. I learned a lot - I recommend for anyone wanting to know more about the family or the time period. Well annotated, which is always a plus, by chapter in the source notes section at the end.

StellaDz I‘ve had this book sitting on my shelf for years!! 5y

Ericalambbrown @StellaDz me, too! I finally got to it and I‘m glad I did 5y

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Ericalambbrown

Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy | Sarah Bradford

Lazy Sunday with a snoozing bulldog 🐶 Great book so far! #HankTheBulldog

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Christine11

Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy | Sarah Bradford

The Borgia family are definitely one of the most dramatic in history ! So much intrigue and scandal !
I found this gorgeous hardback in the oxfam bookshop 😊
#FamilyAffair #FierceFeb

Cinfhen, batsy

Cinfhen 💕 7y

batsy This sounds like it would be a great read! Gorgeous cover. 7y

Christine11 @Cinfhen 😊 7y

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Christine11 @batsy I think it will be 😊 I love history books but they can be a bit dry sometimes - I don‘t think this will be though, I read the first few pages and it was great! 7y

Centique OMG the Borgias! You‘re so right! What a great choice 👍 7y

Christine11 @Centique Thank you ! They were a really fascinating family, weren‘t they ?! I know a little about them but I can‘t wait to read this and find out more ! 😊💗 7y

Centique @Christine11 I had this on my TBR too or else I would have stacked it. Looks gorgeous as well. 7y

Christine11 @Centique It‘s a really beautiful hardback and I read the first few pages and they were great ! I hope you manage to get a copy of it soon ! 😊 7y

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TrishB

Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy | Sarah Bradford

#toxic #augustgrrl
@Cinfhen
She could certainly be poisonous 😀

Cinfhen This sounds fascinating #stacked ☠️ 7y

Cathythoughts Looks great ❤️ 7y

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drbethandherkindle

Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy | Sarah Bradford

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Done spending time with Lucrezia for #LitsyAtoZ. Did you know that some people theorize this Raphael painting (peep that cutoff unicorn in the lower left) is supposed to be Lucrezia Borgia? Anyway, this biography is dense with a lot of seemingly unrelated tangents about the men in her life. Lucrezia is interesting, but there's just not a lot of focus on her. Mercifully for this dense read, Lucrezia dies at 39 so it is over fairly quickly.

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LeahBergen I've always found her fascinating. 8y

drbethandherkindle @LeahBergen I agree! I wish there was more information left about her so we could know more facts 8y

AlaMich "Lucrezia dies at 39 so it is all over fairly quickly." Well if that don't sum up yer opinion in a nutshell...? 8y

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drbethandherkindle

Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy | Sarah Bradford