6/1/2023 0 Comments Blood and beauty the borgias![]() ![]() ![]() Rodrigo’s eldest son, Cesare, is intelligent, coldly calculating yet charismatic. Dunant’s considerable skills as a writer means her characters are rounded individuals, portrayed in all their complexity. Her scholarly grasp of historical detail helps create a vivid image of a violent turbulent period in Italy’s history, providing context to events and Rodrigo’s ruthless political manoeuvring. Dunant achieves another success with ‘Blood & Beauty’ that tells the story of Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI.ĭunant’s novel examines Rodrigo’s love of power and women, as well as his dynastic ambitions to secure his family’s future. The New York Times best-selling author of ‘The Birth of Venus’, ‘In the Company of the Courtesan’ and ‘Sacred Hearts’, is known for bringing the 15th century alive in her historical novels. Portrait of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia)Īcclaimed novelist of the Italian Renaissance Sarah Dunant has turned her hand to the most notorious family of the period, the Borgias, in her latest book ‘Blood & Beauty’. ![]()
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