Light on Lucrezia: A Novel of the Borgias

By Jean Plaidy

Book Overview

Some said she was an elegant seductress. Others swore she was an incestuous murderess. It didn't matter what they called her. She was the most dangerous and sought-after woman in all of Rome. She was Lucrezia Borgia. Born into Rome's notorious Borgia family, young Lucrezia led a life colored by violence and betrayal. Now, married for the second time at just eighteen, she hopes for happiness with her handsome husband, Alfonso. But faced with brutal murder, she's soon torn between her love for her husband and her devotion to her brother Cesare . . . And in the days when the Borgias ruled Italy, no one was safe from the long arm of their power. Even Lucrezia. In this compelling story of a beautiful woman caught up in a tortuous web of fear and love, Jean Plaidy sheds light on the much maligned Lucrezia and vividly brings her to life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307887545
• ISBN13: 9780307887542
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Lucrecia Borgia - Parte II

Es la continuación de la apasionante vida de Lucrecia Borgia, una historia que comienza en la novela "La Madona de la Siete Colinas" de la misma autora. Mucho se ha escrito y dicho sobre Lucrecia Borgia. Se le ha acusado de los más espantosos crímenes y de mantener relaciones incestuosas con su hermano y padre, el Papa Alejandro VI. En esta novela, la autora nos presenta a una Lucrecia Borgia diferente, a una mujer llena de sentimientos y pasiones, que fue víctima de una época histórica donde el poder y la riqueza eran capaces de corromper hasta el mismo Papa. Si Usted es un asiduo lector de la Novela Histórica, este libro no debe faltar en su biblioteca.