In the name of the family

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Sarah Dunant: In the name of the family (2017)

429 pages

English language

Published Sept. 8, 2017

ISBN:
978-0-8129-9697-5
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OCLC Number:
952943018

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4 stars (2 reviews)

Renowned for her bright and disciplined way with Renaissance Italy, New York Times best-selling novelist Dunant again visits the Borgias, to whom she recently paid court in Blood and Beauty. As Cesare ruthlessly seeks to unite all of Italy's city-states under Borgia control, Florence counters by sending one Niccolo Machiavelli to Rome as envoy and Lucrezia learns the family business of big-stakes political maneuvering.

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4 stars

I do so enjoy the Borgia period of Renaissance Italy! And this fictionalized account of the story was really well done. Plus the narrator did an excellent job capturing the voices of the different characters.

I didn't even realize that it was a follow up novel to Blood and Beauty! Going to have to hunt that one down.

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Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Borgia family
  • Nobility
  • History

Places

  • Rome (Italy)
  • Italy
  • Papal States