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In the Name of the Family
A Novel

Anglais · Livre de poche

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Zusatztext “Doing what Hilary Mantel did for Thomas Cromwell! Sarah Dunant tackles the lives of Niccoló Machiavelli! the Borgias . . . with total ease. Open it! and become utterly swept up! then! spend the next three days on Wikipedia googling Every. Single. Character.” Informationen zum Autor SARAH DUNANT is the author of the international bestsellers The Birth of Venus! In the Company of the Courtesan ! Sacred Hearts and Blood and Beauty (her first look at the Borgia family)! which have received major acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Her earlier novels include three Hannah Wolfe crime thrillers! as well as Snowstorms in a Hot Climate ! Transgressions and Mapping the Edge . She has two daughters and lives in London and Florence. Zusammenfassung **A Times  (London) Best Book of the Year** Before the Corleones! before the Lannisters! there were the Borgias. One of history’s most notorious families comes to life in this riveting bestseller! as the House of Borgia crosses paths with a young diplomat named Niccolò Machiavelli. “Full to the brim with vivid historical details both gory and beautiful.” — Library Journal It is 1502 and Rodrigo Borgia! a self-confessed womanizer and master of political corruption! is now on the papal throne as Alexander VI. His daughter Lucrezia! aged twenty-two—already three times married and a pawn in her father’s plans—is discovering her own power. And then there is his son Cesare Borgia! brilliant! ruthless and increasingly unstable; it is his relationship with Machiavelli that gives the Florentine diplomat a master class on the dark arts of power and politics. What he learns will go on to inform his great work of modern politics! The Prince. But while the pope rails against old age and his son’s increasingly maverick behavior! it is Lucrezia who must navigate the treacherous court of Urbino and another challenging marriage to create her own place in history. Bestselling novelist Sarah Dunant employs her remarkable gifts as a storyteller to bring to life the passionate men and women of the Borgia family! as well as the ever-compelling figure of Machiavelli! through whom the reader will experience one of the most fascinating—and doomed—dynasties of all time.   ...

Détails du produit

Auteurs Sarah Dunant
Edition Harper Collins Usa
 
Contenu Livre
Forme du produit Livre de poche
Date de parution 31.10.2017
 
EAN 9781443406482
ISBN 978-1-4434-0648-2
Nombre de pages 448
Dimensions (emballage) 15,2 x 22,9 x 2,8 cm
 
Catégories FICTION: General
2016;2017;2018
 

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