The Family by Mario Puzo
A sweeping historical novel that follows Rodrigo Borgia’s ascent from worldly clergyman to Pope Alexander VI and the ruthless elevation of his children as they seize power through marriage, bribery, and violence in Renaissance Italy. Vividly portraying Cesare’s transformation into a feared political and military strategist and Lucrezia’s life shaped by political marriages and scandal, the story explores the intertwining of family loyalty, ambition, and moral corruption as papal authority becomes a tool for personal domination. Rich in intrigue, betrayal and the brutal calculus of power, it illuminates how faith, sex and violence were wielded to remake church and state.
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- Published
- 2001
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- English
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