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  The Family: A Novel

  by Mario Puzo

  "We are a family," Alexander told his children. "And the loyalty of the family must come before everything and everyone else. For if we honor that commitment, we will never be vanquished -- but if we falter in that loyalty, we will all be condemned."
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  La cena secreta/The Secret Dinner

  by Javier Sierra

  Un monje dominicano, Agustín Leyre, escribe sus memorias, de acontecimientos que ocurrieron hace muchos años cuando fue enviado a investigar el fresco de la última cena que estaba pintando Leonardo da Vinci en el convento de Santa Maria delle Grazie en Milan. A finales del año 1496 los monjes habían empezado a recibir cartas anónimas, firmadas “el Agorero”. Hablaban de la magia diabólica de la escena, de las ... (more)
• The FamilyMario Puzo, Carol Gino

  

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  The Family

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  Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy

  by Sarah Bradford

  The very name Lucrezia Borgia conjures up everything that was sinister and corrupt about the Renaissance—incest, political assassination, papal sexual abuse, poisonous intrigue, unscrupulous power grabs. Yet as bestselling biographer Sarah Bradford reveals in this breathtaking new portrait, the truth is far more fascinating than the myth. Neither a vicious monster nor a seductive pawn, Lucrezia... (more)