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In the name of the family, a novel by Sarah Dunant

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In the name of the family, a novel by Sarah Dunant

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

In the name of the family

Nature of contents

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Oclc number

952943018

Responsibility statement

a novel by Sarah Dunant

Summary

It is 1502 and Rodrigo Borgia, a self-confessed womanizer and master of political corruption, is now on the papal throne as Alexander VI. His daughter Lucrezia, aged twenty-twoalready three times married and a pawn in her fathers plansis discovering her own power. And then there is his son Cesare Borgia, brilliant, ruthless, and increasingly unstable; it is his relationship with Machiavelli that gives the Florentine diplomat a master class in 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 sons increasingly erratic behavior, it is Lucrezia who must navigate the treacherous court of Urbino, her new home, and another challenging marriage to create her own place in history

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