Well, “The Borgias” finally went there. (Spoiler alert! Stop if you haven’t seen Seaosn 3, Episode 3.) It’s taken more than two seasons, but the delicate dance between Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia ...
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LUCREZIA BORGIA (343 pp.)—Mario Bellonc!—Harcourt, Brace ($5). Who was Lucrezia Borgia? To the incurable readers of melodrama and Sunday supplements, a woman of glowing and ...
What inspired realpolitik bare-knuckler Niccolo Machiavelli to compose his 16th century masterwork, The Prince? The real question might not be what, but whom? Cesare Borgia stands as the best ...
“The Borgias” returned Sunday, with Francois Arnaud literally racing back to our TV screens as cardinal-turned-vigilante-killer Cesare Borgia. Cesare has become a breakout role stateside for the ...
Lucrezia Borgia remains one of the most misunderstood women of the Renaissance. For centuries, her name has been linked to ...
What more can be said about the infamous but fascinating Borgia dynasty? The answer seems to be a lot. British author Sarah Dunant, known for her three novels (“The Birth of Venus,” “In the Company of ...
The very name Borgia brings to mind lurid imaginings. This powerful Sopranos-like Italian family dominated the Renaissance for many years. To maintain power, they ...