In the Shadow of the Borgias: Power and Fortune in the Age of Poison

They bribed their way to the papal throne. They rewrote the rules of war. They inspired Machiavelli. And for three terrifying decades, they held Europe in their grip.

In the Shadow of the Borgias: Power and Fortune in the Age of Poison is the definitive narrative history of the most infamous dynasty of the Italian Renaissance , a Spanish clan that seized the Vatican, built an empire out of betrayal, and left a legacy that still haunts the corridors of power.

Pope Alexander VI. His ruthless son Cesare, the real-life model for The Prince. His daughter Lucrezia, history's most slandered woman. Together, they navigated a world of assassination, shifting alliances, and papal corruption with terrifying brilliance.

But who were they really, monsters of legend, or cunning survivors in an era when every throne sat above a trap door?

Drawing on contemporary chronicles and cutting-edge scholarship, Azeglio M. Trentino strips away five centuries of myth to reveal the truth: more complex, more dangerous, and more fascinating than any legend.

This Renaissance Italy at its bloodiest, most brilliant, and most human.

The age of poison begins here.

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