The Borgia Bride

[LIBRO; Jeanne Kalogridis]

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    Info: Romanzo del 2006 di 590 pagine, edito da Longanesi nella versione italiana. // 590 pages novel, released in 2006 by St. Martin's Griffin.


    Descrizione: La giovane e vivace Sancia di Aragona viene data in sposa a Goffredo Borgia: un matrimonio combinato per ampliare il potere di papa Rodrigo Borgia, Alessandro VI, che nella sua corrotta corte romana nutre il sogno ambizioso di dominare l'Italia. Giunta a Roma da Napoli, Sancia si trova circondata dalla grandezza della Cittą Eterna ma anche avviluppata in una stretta trama di intrighi, complotti e torbide relazioni. La temibile Lucrezia esperta di veleni, sua cognata, sarą sua alleata o nemica? E Cesare Borgia diventerą un amante appassionato o il suo peggior nemico? Tra delizie e pericoli, insidie e piaceri, Sancia - personaggio ispirato a una figura storica - intraprende il suo difficile cammino, scoprendo in sé doti che non sospettava di avere. // Vivacious Sancha of Aragon arrives in Rome newly wed to a member of the notorious Borgia dynasty. Surrounded by the city's opulence and political corruption, she befriends her glamorous and deceitful sister-in-law, Lucrezia, whose jealousy is as legendary as her beauty. Some say Lucrezia has poisoned her rivals, particularly those to whom her handsome brother, Cesare, has given his heart. So when Sancha falls under Cesare's irresistible spell, she must hide her secret or lose her life. Caught in the Borgias' sinister web, she summons her courage and uses her cunning to outwit them at their own game. Vividly interweaving historical detail with fiction, The Borgia Bride is a richly compelling tale of conspiracy, sexual intrigue, loyalty, and drama.[x][x]


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    I completely forgot that I happened to read this long ago and this book is actually embodies everything I don't like about historic fiction. One-demetinal character's contrived plots, flowery dialogues of no subtance. Also, yeh, Cesare totally married into France because he wanted to have revenge on Sancha! you dream on, author.
     
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