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Madonna of the Seven Hills

by Jean Plaidy Book 1 in the A Novel of the Borgias series.

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Lucrezia Borgia grows up at the centre of a family whose ascent transforms both her opportunities and her vulnerability. Her father, Rodrigo Borgia, becomes Pope Alexander VI, while her brothers Cesare, Giovanni and Goffredo are drawn into the alliances, rivalries and scandals of the papal court.

For Lucrezia, family affection is inseparable from political usefulness. Marriage can secure an alliance, reputation can be damaged by an enemy and the ambitions of her father and brothers repeatedly determine the course of her private life. The novel presents Renaissance Rome through a young woman learning how little protection beauty, wealth and rank provide when dynastic strategy governs the household.

Historical Periods

Medici Florence1434–1494 CE Borgia Papacy1492–1503 CE

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction

Historical people

Alexander VI1431–1503 Lucrezia Borgia1480–1519

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