Blood And Beauty by Sarah Dunant
The Borgias
Born into the ruthless world of Renaissance Italy, a young noblewoman navigates the searing intrigues of her powerful family as papal ambition, political marriages and whispered scandals threaten to consume her. Told in an intimate voice, the novel follows her coming-of-age from pawn to survivor as she confronts betrayal, violence and the corrosive reach of power while trying to carve out dignity and agency amid accusations of poison, incest and murder. Rich in period detail and moral ambiguity, the story illuminates how beauty, faith and ambition are used as both currency and weapon in a court where survival demands compromise.
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- Published
- 2002
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- British
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- Original Language
- English
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