5/19/2023 0 Comments Blood and beauty the borgiasOutside of Pope Alexander VI, the novel largely focuses on his children Cesare and Lucrezia, and is set during Renaissance Europe. Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife An ambitious, thrilling read from a novelist at the height of her powers. Blood and Beauty is the historical story of the Borgia family, the head of which ascends to the papacy early in the novel. The Borgias are arguably the most intriguing and ruthless family in all of history, and Dunant brings them ravishingly, bristlingly to life. Amanda Foreman What a marvellous feast of vices and desires Sarah Dunant gives us in Blood & Beauty - lust and ambition, passion and power, destiny born and bought. Dunant opens a window into the extraordinary machinations and skullduggery of the Borgias and provides us with a richness of description that beautifully locates them within their own time. Mary Beard Blood & Beauty is a fascinating read full of vivid detail and human pathos. Part of me was happily lost in the time travel, part of me repeatedly struck by how vividly ancient Rome met modern Rome, and how the city of history came to life. A wonderful novel - taking you deep into the world of Renaissance passion and the Renaissance papacy.
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