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Total Pages : 366 pages
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Author : William GILBERT (Novelist)
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Total Pages : 376 pages
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Download or read book Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara. A biography. Illustrated by rare and unpublished documents written by William GILBERT (Novelist) and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Gilbert
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Author : William GILBERT (Novelist)
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Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara. A biography. Illustrated by rare and unpublished documents written by William GILBERT (Novelist) and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Gilbert
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230266770
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (667 download)
Download or read book Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara, a Biography written by William Gilbert and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIII. Lucrezia's Court In Ferrara. Luorezia's Joy at her Husband's Escape--He restores Confidence in Ferrara--The Pope's Army retires from the Ferrarese Territory--Death of the Pope--Leo X.--Peace in Ferrara--Great Distress in Ferrara--Alfonso pledges his Plate to relieve the Distresses of the Poor--Lucrezia's Jewels--Lucrezia's Letters--Her Court--Her Patronage of Men of Letters and Artists--Vanozza--Death of Don Alessandro, Lucrezia's Youngest Son--Lucrezia's Death. t DEGREES RE AT indeed was Lucrezia's joy at again beholding her husband, for terrible had been her anxieties during his absence; not solely from the great solicitude she had been in for his personal safety, but also--though in a minor degree--from her desire to receive his advice and instruction as to the domestic government of Ferrara, which, as stated in the last chapter, had been left entirely in her hands. Although she had managed it with great discretion and admirable justice, it was a task requiring far greater strength of constitution--though neither of will nor mental ability--than she possessed to carry it out to her own satisfaction. Not only did the management of her children require her frequent superintendence--for it is indisputable that Lucrezia exercised over her offspring a far stricter surveillance, and took a greater personal interest in them, than at the present day is the fashion for princesses to exercise over their nurseries--but her health was in a very delicate condition, being continually subject to those attacks of low fever which seemed invariably to seize her with more or less severity whenever she attempted permanently to reside in Ferrara. Yet, notwithstanding these impediments, she appears to have been indefatigable in superintending
Author : William Gilbert
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Total Pages : 400 pages
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Author : Sarah Bradford
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101525347
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Lucrezia Borgia written by Sarah Bradford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The very name Lucrezia Borgia conjures up everything that was sinister and corrupt about the Renaissance—incest, political assassination, papal sexual abuse, poisonous intrigue, unscrupulous power grabs. Yet, as bestselling biographer Sarah Bradford reveals in this breathtaking new portrait, the truth is far more fascinating than the myth. Neither a vicious monster nor a seductive pawn, Lucrezia Borgia was a shrewd, determined woman who used her beauty and intelligence to secure a key role in the political struggles of her day. Drawing from a trove of contemporary documents and fascinating firsthand accounts, Bradford brings to life the art, the pageantry, and the dangerous politics of the Renaissance world Lucrezia Borgia helped to create.
Author : Ferdinand Gregorovius
Publisher : Vita Histria
ISBN 13 : 1592110746
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (921 download)
Download or read book Lucrezia Borgia written by Ferdinand Gregorovius and published by Vita Histria. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucrezia Borgia is among the most fascinating and controversial personalities of the Renaissance. The daughter of Pope Alexander VI, she was intensely involved in the political life of Italy during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. While her marriage alliances helped advance the political objectives of the papacy, she also held the office of Governor of Spoleto, a role normally reserved for Cardinals, making her one of the most powerful and dynamic female figures of the Renaissance. Among the first books to employ historical method to move beyond myth and romance that had obscured the fascinating story of Lucrezia Borgia was this biography written by the noted German historian Ferdinand Gregorovius. Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821-1891) was one of the preeminent scholars of the Italian Renaissance. His biography of Lucrezia Borgia reveals the atmosphere of the Renaissance, painting a portrait of Lucrezia and her relationships with her father Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, her brother Cesare, her mother Vanozza, her father’s mistress, Giulia Farnese, her husband Duke Alfonso D’Este of Ferrara, and many others, including important artists and writers of the time. All are vividly portrayed against the colorful background of Renaissance Italy. Gregorovius separates myth from documented fact and his book remains a key reference work on the life and times of the Borgia princess. This new edition of Gregorovius’s classic work Lucrezia Borgia is enhanced with an introduction by Samantha Morris, a noted expert on the history of the Borgias. Samantha studied archaeology at the University of Winchester where her interest in the history of the Italian Renaissance began. She is the author of Cesare Borgia: In a Nutshell and Girolamo Savonarola: The Renaissance Preacher. She also runs the website theborgiabull.com.
Author : William Gilbert
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Total Pages : 364 pages
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Author : FERDINAND GREGOROVIUS
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Total Pages : 518 pages
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Download or read book LUCRETIA BORGIA ACCORDING TO ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS AND CORRESPONDECE OF HER DAY written by FERDINAND GREGOROVIUS and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Gilbert
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Total Pages : 392 pages
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Download or read book Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara written by William Gilbert and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Emma Lucas
Publisher : New Word City
ISBN 13 : 1612308155
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)
Download or read book Lucrezia Borgia written by Emma Lucas and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories about the Lucrezia Borgia's life - ruthless manipulator, possessor of a poison ring, sexual predator - often overshadow the more nuanced and fascinating story of her life. She was born on April 18, 1480, the illegitimate daughter of future Pope Alexander VI, then Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia and his long-time mistress Vannozza dei Cattanei. She inherited her mother's stunning looks - she was known for her slender figure, gray-blue eyes, and blonde hair. When her father became pope, he sought to consolidate his power and arranged a marriage between fourteen-year-old Lucrezia and the first of her three husbands, twenty-eight-year-old Giovanni Sforza. Shortly after the marriage, Alexander, concluded he no longer needed an alliance with the Sforza family. He ordered Giovanni's assassination, but when the young bridegroom escaped, ended Lucrezia's marriage by ordering an annulment. Following the lengthy annulment process - during which Lucrezia was accused of having an affair and a child with Alexander's chamberlain Pedro Calderon, whose body was later found floating in Rome's Tiber River, “where he fell against his will” - Lucrezia was married to Alfonso of Aragon in 1498. Alexander appointed a pregnant Lucrezia governor of the Umbrian town of Spoleto in 1499. Alfonso, wary of shifting political alliances, fled Rome for a brief time, but returned in 1500, where he was murdered. Alfonso left Lucrezia with a son, Rodrigo. After Alfonso's conveniently timed murder, Alexander arranged a third marriage for Lucrezia, to Alfonso I d'Este, a powerful duke. The two had several children, and Lucrezia came into her own as a Renaissance woman, overcoming her scandalous reputation - despite several affairs - and maintaining her position and power as the Borgia family's influence and fortunes fell following Alexander's death. Lucrezia Borgia was a woman of and ahead of her time. Here is her little-told story.
Author : Dario Fo
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1609452844
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (94 download)
Download or read book The Pope's Daughter written by Dario Fo and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucrezia Borgia is one of the most vilified women in modern history. The daughter of a notorious pope, she was twice betrothed before the age of eleven and thrice married—one husband was forced to declare himself impotent and thereby unfit and another was murdered by Lucrezia’s own brother, Cesar Borgia. She is cast in the role of murderess, temptress, incestuous lover, loose woman, femme fatale par excellence. But there are two sides to every story. Lucrezia Borgia is the only woman in history to have serve as the head of the Catholic Church. She successfully administered several of Renaissance Italy’s most thriving cities, founded one of the world’s first credit unions, and was a generous patron of the arts. She was mother to a prince and to a cardinal. She was a devoted wife to the Prince of Ferrara, and the lover of the poet Pietro Bembo. She was a child of the renaissance and, in many ways, the world’s first modern woman. In this richly imagined novel, Nobel laureate Dario Fo reveals Lucrezia’s humanity, her passion for life, her compassion for others, and her skill at navigating around her family’s evildoings. The Borgias are unrivalled for the range and magnitude of their political machinations and opportunism. Fo’s brilliance rests in his rendering their story as a shocking mirror image of the uses and abuses of power in our own time. Lucrezia herself becomes a model for how to survive and rise above those abuses. Part Wolf Hall, part House of Cards, The Pope's Daugther will appeal to readers of historical fiction and of contemporary fiction alike and will delight anyone fascinated by Renaissance Italy.
Author : Ferdinand Gregorovius
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Total Pages : 460 pages
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Download or read book Lucretia Borgia written by Ferdinand Gregorovius and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Walter Thornbury
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Total Pages : 396 pages
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Download or read book The Vicar's Courtship written by Walter Thornbury and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lucrezia Borgia
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Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Prettiest Love Letters in the World written by Lucrezia Borgia and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 304 pages
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