Title: Lucrezia Borgia: A Biography
Product review: A very readabale book with more information (obviously) on Lucrezia than books about The Borgia in general. The author paints a lovely picture of Lucrezia, me-thinks maybe too much. The trouble with this family is they were so secretive it is impossible for anyone to know what is true and what is not. They didn't confide in people outside the family and never committed anything about their plots and plans to writing. Did this author learn more about Lucrezia than others who questioned her "virtue" or was he just partial to her? I remain drawn to learn more about Lucrezia and her family but that may only be realized by reading and researching more about 16th century Italy to glean what others from that time - who knew them had to say - people who actually left written documents at and of the time- such as Machiavelli, da Vinci, etc. So many books, so little time. Although I don't feel I garnered a lot of solid facts from this book, I did enjoy the read. The quest goes on!
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