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In The Name of the Family (Paperback) 9781844087648
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1502 and Renaissance Italy is in turmoil. Backed by the money and wily power of his ageing father Pope Alexander VI Cesare Borgia is soaring like a military comet carving out a state for the Borgia dynasty. From Florence a young diplomat one Niccolo Machiavelli is sent to shadow him to keep track of the danger. While many tremble in the presence of this brilliant unscrupulous man Machiavelli is entranced and the relationship he forges with Cesare allows him - and us - to witness history in the making. Meanwhile the Pope's beloved daughter Lucrezia is on her way to a third dynastic marriage in the state of Ferrara where if she is to survive she must fast produce an heir for the rival Este family. Cesare holds his sister dear but striving always for conquest rather than conciliation he pays little mind to her precarious position. As the Borgia enemies gather in Rome the pope grows older and ever more cantankerous. Drawing us in with her dynamic prose and intimate knowledge of one of the most fascinating periods in Italian history Sarah Dunant dramatises the rise of one of history's most fascinating characters Niccolo Machiavelli during the formative years of his life. In the Name of the Family breathes new life into the daring and corruption of a family that history will never forget. This is a moment from which no one will emerges unscathed.
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- Book formatPaperback
- Fiction/nonfictionFiction
- Publication dateMarch, 2017
- Pages464
- PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group
- Original languagesEnglish
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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.brand-new condition. ISBN: 9781844087648 ISBN10: 1844087646 Contributors: Dunant, Sarah,
1502 and Renaissance Italy is in turmoil. Backed by the money and wily power of his ageing father Pope Alexander VI Cesare Borgia is soaring like a military comet carving out a state for the Borgia dynasty. From Florence a young diplomat one Niccolo Machiavelli is sent to shadow him to keep track of the danger. While many tremble in the presence of this brilliant unscrupulous man Machiavelli is entranced and the relationship he forges with Cesare allows him - and us - to witness history in the making. Meanwhile the Pope's beloved daughter Lucrezia is on her way to a third dynastic marriage in the state of Ferrara where if she is to survive she must fast produce an heir for the rival Este family. Cesare holds his sister dear but striving always for conquest rather than conciliation he pays little mind to her precarious position. As the Borgia enemies gather in Rome the pope grows older and ever more cantankerous. Drawing us in with her dynamic prose and intimate knowledge of one of the most fascinating periods in Italian history Sarah Dunant dramatises the rise of one of history's most fascinating characters Niccolo Machiavelli during the formative years of his life. In the Name of the Family breathes new life into the daring and corruption of a family that history will never forget. This is a moment from which no one will emerges unscathed.
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Paperback
Fiction/nonfiction
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Publication date
March, 2017
Pages
464
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