Lucrezia Borgia remains one of the most misunderstood women of the Renaissance. For centuries, her name has been linked to ...

The very name Borgia brings to mind lurid imaginings. This powerful Sopranos-like Italian family dominated the Renaissance for many years. To maintain power, they ...

Lucrezia Borgia was a cold-hearted bitch, according to author John Faunce. The facts about Lucrezia’s scandalous life as the bastard daughter of Pope Alexander VI are well-documented. The details ...

What inspired realpolitik bare-knuckler Niccolo Machiavelli to compose his 16th century masterwork, The Prince? The real question might not be what, but whom? Cesare Borgia stands as the best ...

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LUCREZIA BORGIA (343 pp.)—Mario Bellonc!—Harcourt, Brace ($5). Who was Lucrezia Borgia? To the incurable readers of melodrama and Sunday supplements, a woman of glowing and ...

'THE BORGIAS' RECAP: Lucrezia's Wedding: Poor Lucrezia Borgia (Holliday Grainger). She's so young, has so much to learn, and the lessons are so hard. First, she has to learn what it means to be the ...

Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, has three adult children: Juan, who is virtuous and has a sweetheart who is a woman of the people, Lucrezia, who is virtuous and wants to marry Alfonso, and Cesare, ...