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Bestselling author Jeanne Kalogridis returns to Renaissance Italy in this vivid tale of one of the era's lesser known figures— the indomitable Caterina Sforza, illegitimate daughter of the duke of Milan, who married into the papal della Rovere family and ended up battling for her estates against the Leggi tutto

I got about one-quarter through this book before admitting that I just wasn't enjoying it enough to finish. I will take some of the responsibility for this being a miss, because I knew to some extent that the Sforzas of Milan weren't exactly humanitarians, but there wasn't a single character in this Leggi tutto

"Катерина Сфорца" е разказ за интересния живот на една смела смела и забележителна жена. Катерина е незаконна дъщеря на миланския херцог Галеацо Сфорца. Красотата й привлича погледа на папа Сикст IV и той я иска за жена на племенника си Джироламо Риарио делла Ровере. Катерина влиза триумфално в Рим и Leggi tutto

«Um irresistível romance histórico da Renascença Italiana. Este livro tem dois pontos de incontornável interesse, Catarina Sforza uma figura impar e os Borgia. Catarina Sforza «famosa por sua audácia no amor e na guerra», dominava ambas as artes! Com um apurado sentido prático, uma perspicácia politi Leggi tutto

• 3.5 • Il romanzo storico si apre nella Rocca di Ravaldino, nel dicembre del 1499. Caterina Sforza chiusa nella sua fortezza apprende dell’arrivo del Valentino, Cesare Borgia, che dopo aver preso Imola, si volge verso Forlì. Insieme a lei, c’è Dea, la sua dama di compagnia, voce narrante della stori Leggi tutto

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The prologue failed to intrigue me but, knowing the author is very talented, I decided to continue anyway. Sure enough, the book picked up. Renaissance Italy was shown to be a bright and vivid place. The character development of Caterina Sforza was well paced and convincing. However, the same cannot Leggi tutto