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The Borgias and Their Enemies
1431-1519
Christopher Hibbert
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9780151010332 Hardcover
0151010331
$26.00
336pages
October 2008
Trim Size:
6 x 9
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Territory:
US, O
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The first major biography of the Borgias in thirty years, Christopher Hibbert's latest history brings the family and the world they lived in—the glittering Rome of the Italian Renaissance—to life.
The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism, and greed that were rife in Renaissance Italy. The powerful, voracious Rodrigo Borgia, better known to history as Pope Alexander VI, was the central figure of the dynasty. Two of his seven papal offspring also rose to power and fame—Lucrezia Borgia, his daughter, whose husband was famously murdered by her brother, and that brother, Cesare, who served as the model for Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince. Notorious for seizing power, wealth, land, and titles through bribery, marriage, and murder, the dynasty's dramatic rise from its Spanish roots to its occupation of the highest position in Renaissance society forms a gripping tale.
Erudite, witty, and always insightful, Hibbert removes the layers of myth around the Borgia family and creates a portrait alive with his superb sense of character and place.
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Biography |
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Christopher Hibbert has written more than fifty acclaimed books, including The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici and Rome: The Biography of a City. A leading popular historian whose works reflect meticulous scholarship, he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He is married with three children and lives in Oxfordshire.
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Biography & Autobiography- Historical
History- Renaissance
Biography & Autobiography- General
History- General
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Social Sciences- History-European
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Serial/Audio: Harcourt
Performance/Translation: Harold Ober Associates Inc.
UK: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
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Harcourt Books
An imprint ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
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Harcourt Education Company
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