TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hibbert,Christopher
TI  - The Borgias and their enemies: 1431-1519 
SN  - 9780547247816
AV  - DG463.8.B7 H53 2009
U1  - 945.050922 23
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Mariner Books
KW  - Borgia family
KW  - Nobility
KW  - Italy
KW  - Biography
KW  - History
KW  - 15th century
KW  - 1492-1559
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The crumbling city -- Elections and celebrations -- A man of endless virility -- Servant of the servant of God -- Marriages and alliances -- The French in Rome -- The conquest of Naples -- The Borgia bull -- Father and children -- The Dominican Friar -- Murder -- Another husband for Lucrezia -- The unwanted Cardinal's hat -- Cesare's French bride -- Conquests -- Jubilee -- Duke of the Romagna -- The Naples Campaign -- The duke and the Borgia girl -- Frolics and festivities -- The new bride -- Castles and condottieri -- The death of the pope -- Conclaves -- Cesare at bay -- Duchess of Ferrara -- The end of the affair -- The death of the duchess -- Saints and sinners
N2  - A biography of the Borgia family looks at the dynasty's rise to power from its Spanish roots, while profiling its powerful patriarch, Pope Alexander VI; his daughter, Lucrezia; and his ruthless son Cesare, the model for Machiavelli's "The Prince."
ER  -