Following Blood and Beauty (bwl 73), Dunant continues her story of the Borgias. While age lessens Pope Alexander's power, his son, Cesare, rampages through Italy gaining land and power. Lucrezia, though still young, is a 'political' bride for the third time. Machiavelli now has a role and the constant scheming will provide him with much for his own writing. Dunant enthrals this reader with her interpretation of the history and her research into even the smallest details of daily life.
(Christine Miller - bwl 85 Summer 2017 ) |
