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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,... read more

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It was cold in the castle, and the woman who stood at the window looking from the snowy caps of the mountains to the monastery below thought longingly of the comfort of her house on the Piazza Pizzo di Merlo sixty miles away in Rome.

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Author's Note
The Birth of Lucrezia
The Piazza Pizzo di Merlo
Monte Giordano
Alexander VI
Santa Maria in Portico
Lucrezia Married
Pesaro
Cesare
Sanchia of Aragon
Roman Carnival
San-Sisto
The Second Bridgegroom

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  • loggia: an open-sided extension to a house

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This is book 1 of 2 in Lucrezia Borgia. (standard series)

Followed by Light on Lucrezia.

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  1. Jean Plaidy (Author)

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Page Count: 320

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