Lucrezia Borgia: A Study
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Few names in Renaissance history carry as much infamy and intrigue as Lucrezia Borgia — and Joan Haslip's meticulous Lucrezia Borgia: A Study strips away centuries of myth and slander to reveal the true woman beneath the legend. Born into the most notorious family of fifteenth-century Italy, Lucrezia was a pawn of papal politics, a thrice-married duchess, and a patron of the arts, whose life was irrevocably shaped by the ambitions of her father, Pope Alexander VI, and her ruthless brother, Cesare Borgia. Haslip chronicles Lucrezia's journey from the corridors of Vatican power to the court of Ferrara, where she ultimately reinvented herself as a celebrated and respected noblewoman. Written with the authority of a seasoned historian and the narrative grace of a gifted storyteller, this biography argues compellingly that Lucrezia was far more victim than villain — a woman of considerable intelligence forced to navigate a world entirely controlled by men of extraordinary and dangerous ambition. Haslip's prose is elegant and assured, drawing on rich archival research to present a portrait that is both sympathetic and rigorously balanced. For anyone captivated by the darker corridors of Renaissance power, this study raises a provocative question: what might Lucrezia Borgia have achieved had history — and her family — allowed her to choose her own fate?
Author: Joan Haslip
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Few names in Renaissance history carry as much infamy and intrigue as Lucrezia Borgia — and Joan Haslip's meticulous Lucrezia Borgia: A Study strips away centuries of myth and slander to reveal the true woman beneath the legend. Born into the most notorious family of fifteenth-century Italy, Lucrezia was a pawn of papal politics, a thrice-married duchess, and a patron of the arts, whose life was irrevocably shaped by the ambitions of her father, Pope Alexander VI, and her ruthless brother, Cesare Borgia. Haslip chronicles Lucrezia's journey from the corridors of Vatican power to the court of Ferrara, where she ultimately reinvented herself as a celebrated and respected noblewoman. Written with the authority of a seasoned historian and the narrative grace of a gifted storyteller, this biography argues compellingly that Lucrezia was far more victim than villain — a woman of considerable intelligence forced to navigate a world entirely controlled by men of extraordinary and dangerous ambition. Haslip's prose is elegant and assured, drawing on rich archival research to present a portrait that is both sympathetic and rigorously balanced. For anyone captivated by the darker corridors of Renaissance power, this study raises a provocative question: what might Lucrezia Borgia have achieved had history — and her family — allowed her to choose her own fate?