In the Name of the Family - as Blood and Beauty did before - holds
up a mirror to a turbulent moment of history, sweeping aside the
myths to bring alive the real Borgia family; complicated, brutal,
passionate and glorious. Here is a thrilling exploration of the
House of Borgia's doomed years, in the company of a young diplomat
named Niccolo Machiavelli. It is 1502 and Rodrigo Borgia, a
self-confessed womaniser and master of political corruption is now
on the Papal throne as Alexander VI. His daughter Lucrezia, aged
twenty-two, already thrice married and a pawn in her father's
plans, is discovering her own power. And then there is Cesare
Borgia: brilliant, ruthless and increasingly unstable; it is his
relationship with the diplomat Machiavelli which offers a master
class on the dark arts of power and politics. What Machiavelli
learns will go on to inform his great work of modern politics, The
Prince. But while the pope rails against old age and his son's
increasing maverick behavior it is Lucrezia who will become the
Borgia survivor: taking on her enemies and creating her own place
in history. Conjuring up the past in all its complexity, horror and
pleasures, In The Name of the Family confirms Sarah Dunant's place
as the leading novelist of the Renaissance and one of the most
acclaimed historical fiction writers of our age.
General
| Imprint: |
Virago Press Ltd
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
March 2017 |
| First published: |
2017 |
| Authors: |
Sarah Dunant
|
| Dimensions: |
232 x 153 x 34mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
464 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-84408-764-8 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
1-84408-764-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781844087648 |
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