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Series
This two-volume novel sequence follows Lucrezia Borgia from her youth in the scandalous papal court of Alexander VI through the marriages, rivalries and political bargains that shaped her adult life. Against the factional politics of Renaissance Italy, Jean Plaidy presents Lucrezia as both a member of a feared dynasty and a young woman repeatedly used to advance Borgia power.
Reading order
The most beautiful woman in Rome, Lucrezia Borgia, was born into a family—and a destiny—she could not hope to escape . . .Fifteenth-century Rome: The Borgia family is on the rise. Lucrezia’s father, Pope Alexander VI, places his illegitimate daughter and her only brothers, Cesare, Giovanni,…
Some said she was an elegant seductress. Others swore she was an incestuous murderess. It didn’t matter what they called her. She was the most dangerous and sought-after woman in all of Rome.