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Figlia illegittima di papa Alessandro VI, Lucrezia Borgia è divenuta celebre nella storia europea come una nobildonna sanguinaria e assetata di potere. Sposata in prime nozze con Giovanni Sforza (un matrimonio che verrà successivamente annullato dal padre), diviene moglie, prima di Alfonso di Aragona (che sarà assassinato dal fratello di Lucrezia, Cesare), poi di Alfonso d'Este, con cui vivrà a Ferrara, circondata da poeti e pittori. Inseguita tutta la vita dal sospetto di aver avuto relazioni incestuose con il padre e con il fratello, Lucrezia muore di setticemia all'età di trentanove anni.
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- Pagine: 373
- Data di uscita: 04-07-2006
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I could not disagree more with the reviewers who are lambasting this book for its lack of purple prose and for not having the Antonia Frasier approach of “just make stuff up”. Meticulously referenced and using vast amounts of primary sources, as well as looking in a measured way at historical debate Leggi tutto
I don't read many biographies. It's all the guesswork involved that puts me off. A novelist knows her characters heart and soul; a biographer doesn't. This is a very well written book. Lucrezia Borgia was clearly a fascinating woman. More autonomous, less scandalous than I had thought. I enjoyed lea Leggi tutto
A pretty fun read on a controversial historical figure. The prose could get a bit speculative/purpley at times, but overall I felt it was decently balanced, and like any well-written biography, it contains some pretty cool trivia about life and politics in Lucrezia's time so you get a better idea of Leggi tutto
Unfortunately, Lucrezia Borgia promises a lot it doesn't deliver on. The book is only half about Lucrezia. Bradford branches out to tell the stories of not only those close to her, but those who had barely anything to do with her. This could be excused as a way of teaching readers about Lucrezia's Ita Leggi tutto
Long vilified as a murderess, conspirator and partner to incest, Lucrezia Borgia was overdue for a reappraisal by a serious historian able to blast past the stereotypes. Sarah Bradford does exactly that by dint of meticulous research revealing the fascinating if turbulent life of the daughter of Pop Leggi tutto
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