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The Borgia Bride

By Jeanne Kalogridis

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| Paperback | 9780312341381

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Book Description

In the tradition of The Birth of Venus and The Other Boleyn Girl comes a dramatic and compelling story of a princess from Naples who marries into one of the most glittering and infamous families of the Italian Renaissance Sancha of Aragon, beautiful and vivacious, arrives in Rome after marrying an hContinue

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The Best Reviews: Jeanne Kalogridis, The Borgia Bride

"deep Borgia era historical fiction" Seventeen years old Princess Sancha de Aragon, the illegitimate daughter of Naples King Alfonso II, is forced to marry into the powerful Borgia family to Jofre, a man younger than her. As such she leaves her home ... (read full critics)

thebestreviews published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

The Borgia Bride

The Borgia Bride Sancha of Aragon was the illegitimate daughter of Alphonso II, King of Naples, in an age when the children of royal lovers were acknowledged and politically recognized. As the heroine of The Borgia Bride, she is both royal princess a ... (read full critics)

likesbooks published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

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If even half of the events this author has chosen to portray, are actually historical, then, the Borgia period in history was, indeed, horrific! I found myself constantly questioning whether any family, let alone a POPE, could behave in such an indispicable manner. This book covers only 15 years an ... (continue)

If even half of the events this author has chosen to portray, are actually historical, then, the Borgia period in history was, indeed, horrific! I found myself constantly questioning whether any family, let alone a POPE, could behave in such an indispicable manner. This book covers only 15 years and had enough evil-doing for a century. It is, again, another example, of how totally worthless women were considered.

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