Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed on 9/25/2013 + 1182 more book reviews

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After watching the Showtime series, The Borgias, I was looking forward to reading this historical novel about the Borgia family written by Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather (one of my favorites). Well, the novel does give a good overall history of the Borgias including Pope Alexander VI, and his children, Cesare, Lucrezia, Juan, and Jofre. It includes many of the atrocities of Alexander and his sons (especially Cesare); however, the writing style left me a little unenthusiastic. The style was less than passionate giving accounts of events without any real development of the characters. I know this was Puzo's last novel and it was finished by his companion, Carol Gino. Maybe that was part of the problem.

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