The family
a novel
by Mario Puzo
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"In The Family, this novelist transports his readers back to fifteenth-century Rome and reveals the extravagance and intrigue of the Vatican. At the story's center is Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, a man whose lustful appetites for power, luxury, and women were matched only by his consuming love of family.
Surrounding him are his extraordinary children: the simple, unloved Jofre; the irascible, heartless Juan; the beautiful, strong-willed Lucrezia; and the passionate warrior Cesare, Machiavelli's friend and inspiration. Their intermingled stories constitute a symphony of human emotion and behavior, from pride to romance to jealousy to betrayal and murderous rage.
And their time, place, and characters are recaptured in all their earthy, human grandeur, with the unerring insight and compassion that were Mario Puzo's great gifts."--BOOK JACKET.
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Biographical fiction, Fiction, Drama, Historical fiction, Borgia family, Domestic fiction, Nobility, History, Social life and customs, Manners and customs, Italy, fiction, Fiction, sagas, Fiction, historical, Romans, nouvelles, Histoire, Roman historique, power, murder, Nobleza, Historia, Novela, Ficción, Novela histórica, Novela biográfica, Novela de la vida familial, Novela hogareña, Roman, Littérature américaine, Large type books, Fiction, historical, general, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, biographical, Fiction, family life, American literaturePeople
Borgia family, Borgia (Famille), Lucreccia, Cesar, Rodrigo BorgiShowing 11 featured editions. View all 40 editions?
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Los Borgia
Diciembre 2001, Editorial Planeta, S.A. (Planeta Internacional)
Hardcover
in Spanish
- 4ª Ed.
8408040677 9788408040675
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"The golden rays of the summer sun warmed the cobblestone streets of Rome as Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia walked briskly from the Vatican to the three-story stucco house on the Piazza de Merlo where he'd come to claim three of his young children: his sons Cesare and Juan and his daughter Lucrezia, flesh of his flesh, blood of his blood."
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What is a family? Mario Puzo first answered that question, unforgettably, in his landmark bestseller The Godfather; with the creation of the Corleones he forever redefined the concept of blood loyalty. Now, thirty years later, Puzo enriches us further with his ultimate vision of the subject, in a masterpiece that crowns his remarkable career: the story of the greatest crime family in Italian history -- the Borgias.
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