"The Borgia Bride" by Jeanne Kalogridis effectively tells the story of the infamous family of Pope Alexander VI from the inside viewpoint of one woman inexorably enmeshed into it inevitably becoming not only a witness, but also both subject to and participant in the dreadful abuses of Borgia power.
I've read enough about this era and about this family to know that the events are accurate. However, the sources from which the interpretations of events are drawn, often derive from their enemies who have every reason to blacken this family's name. Keep in mind that many of them were no different themselves. It was a brutal age with politcal power struggles often fraught with fatalities until the outcome is settled, however temporarily.
The picture here is on the dark and nasty side. But for one where the events are equally accurate I suggest you read the two books by Jean Plaidy: "Madonna of the Seven Hills" and "Light on Lucretia" which depicts the life of the Borgias in quite a different aspect.
I've read enough about this era and about this family to know that the events are accurate. However, the sources from which the interpretations of events are drawn, often derive from their enemies who have every reason to blacken this family's name. Keep in mind that many of them were no different themselves. It was a brutal age with politcal power struggles often fraught with fatalities until the outcome is settled, however temporarily.
The picture here is on the dark and nasty side. But for one where the events are equally accurate I suggest you read the two books by Jean Plaidy: "Madonna of the Seven Hills" and "Light on Lucretia" which depicts the life of the Borgias in quite a different aspect.
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