Essais et Documents Lucrèce les Borgia

The definitive biography on the most famous family of the Renaissance: the BorgiasRivalry, crime, treachery, refined pleasures, a thirst for power and a passion for love, the sulfurous history of the Borgias has inspired countless writers. The Borgias' time was one of sumptuous parties and artistic and literary blossoming but it was also a time of barbarianism where conflicts were solved with a knife and poison. Adored child of Alexander VI, Lucrezia was above all an object of power in the hands of her uncle, Caesar, who had his first love murdered and his second wife strangled. Bembo, Ariosto, and Titien celebrated her beauty in their paintings, Victor Hugo made her scandalous reputation, and Lucrezia dealt with the demons of her exceptional family like a true Shakespearian heroine.Geneviève Chastenet has recreated a luxurious world intertwined with violent passion and immense ambition, all while keeping a trained eye on the texts of the period.