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  • Lucrezia Borgia

  • Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy
  • Written by: Sarah Bradford
  • Narrated by: Lorna Raver
  • Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
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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 best-selling 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 Borgia was a shrewd, determined woman who used her beauty and intelligence to secure a key role in the political struggles of her day.

Drawing from a trove of contemporary documents and fascinating firsthand accounts, Bradford brings to life the art, the pageantry, and the dangerous politics of the Renaissance world Lucrezia Borgia helped to create.
©2004 Sarah Bradford (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Historical Women Biographies & Memoirs Europe
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"A lively view of Lucrezia, capturing the glamour and tragedy of her story." ( Wall Street Journal)
"What all biographies should aspire to be: meticulously researched and exquisitely written....a tender and intimate account of a misunderstood and passionate woman." ( Elle)
"Bradford's zest for this era is contagious....makes clear the practical intelligence that proved the foundation for Lucrezia's remarkable life." - USA Today

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Une femme remarquable

Lucrezia Borgia s'est avérée une femme exceptionnelle : comme politicienne, comme administratrice, comme stratège diplomatique, comme mère de famille est comme épouse.
Fille de l'ambitieux pape Alexandre VI et frère du célèbre Caesare Borgia,, elle se démarque nettement de ces deux personnages par sa clémence et sa piété.
Sa résilience aux nombreuses épreuves de sa vie ne fait que la ggrandir, et ces réalisations méritent d'être connues.
Ce livre vous apprendra beaucoup sur cette tumultueuse de période de la Renaissance.

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