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Sins of the House of Borgia by Sarah Bower
With the highly talked about Spring 2011 premiere of Showtime’s new series The Borgias, there is no doubt this notorious and legendary crime family will soon be in the spotlight. Sourcebooks would like to introduce the original, fifteenth-century Sopranos to twenty-first-century readers. From author Sarah Bower comes Sins of the House of Borgia, a complex, unvarnished portrait of one of history’s most notoriously corrupt families. The story is set in fifteenth-century Italy, where sex, scandal, and murder are masked by the glamorous riches of those in power. The scheming families of Rome rule Renaissance Italy and the grand ambitions of the Borgias stop at nothing. With rich descriptions and fascinating historical details, Bower recreates this world flawlessly in her compelling tale of a girl, Violante, who gets caught up with the wrong family.
3 comments:
sex, scandal and power - I'm all for it! I didn't know there was a new series on this!
Over the last couple of months I have had a marathon & watched Seasons 1-3 of Tudors - LOVED it!
Ooh, I'm all about learning about the Borgias!! Sign me up -- I love the reference to the "original fifteenth-century Sopranos!"
This must be excellent. The Borgias are such an intriguing clan that reading/watching aboutthem has to be very good.
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