In the tradition of "The Birth of Venus" and "The Other Boleyn Girl," Jeanne Kalogridis' "The Borgia Bride" is novel is about an actual historical figure, Sancha of Aragon, a young princess from Naples who marries into the decadent Court of the Borgias and finds herself caught between her dangerous passion for handsome Cesare Borgia and the ferocious jealousy of his sister Lucrezia -- who is also her brother's mistress Incest. Poison. Betrayal.Three wedding presents for the Borgia bride. Italy 1492.Pope Alexander VI is ...
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In the tradition of "The Birth of Venus" and "The Other Boleyn Girl," Jeanne Kalogridis' "The Borgia Bride" is novel is about an actual historical figure, Sancha of Aragon, a young princess from Naples who marries into the decadent Court of the Borgias and finds herself caught between her dangerous passion for handsome Cesare Borgia and the ferocious jealousy of his sister Lucrezia -- who is also her brother's mistress Incest. Poison. Betrayal.Three wedding presents for the Borgia bride. Italy 1492.Pope Alexander VI is elected. And so begins the Borgia reign of terror. Alexander murders, bribes and betrays to establish his dynasty.Rome is a hotbed of accusation and conspiracy. Every day, the River Tiber is full of new bodies.Sancha of Aragon, daughter of King Alfonso II of Naples, arrives in Rome newly wed to Alexander's youngest son, Jofre. Their marriage protects Naples against the ambitions of the French King Louis and gains Spanish support for the Borgias. But Rome is very different from her beloved Naples.The debauchery of the Borgia inner-circle is notorious: every lust is indulged and every indiscretion overlooked. It is an open secret that the beautiful and tantalizing Lucrezia Borgia is involved in sexual liaisons with both her father, the Pope, and her devastatingly handsome but sadistic brother, Cesare. Sancha is no innocent: she possesses an indomitable spirit that allows her to survive in the snake-pit, but her paternal ancestors once rivaled the Borgias in cruelty and Sancha's greatest fear is that her father's nefarious blood will dominate the sweet, humanitarian legacy of her mother. Lucrezia's vicious jealousy stings Sancha at first, but gradually the two young women develop a cautious friendship. But when Cesare's malice turns on Sancha and her beloved brother, she must summon her dark side and do whatever it takes to protect her country, her family, and herself.
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This was one of my favorites that I have read in the past months. The heroin "Sancha of Aragon" is a brave soul. She had no idea what she was getting into when she married the youngest of the Borgia brothers. The things she wanted most were out of reach but she was fulfilled in other ways. Lucrezia Borgia was involved in a forbidden relationship this was witnessed by Sancha and that changed everything for her. She could never utter a word this secret to another living soul not even her own brother whom she trusted with her life. She knew by reputation of this family she could disappear in the night. Sancha never gave up even after being raped and betrayed. In the end she possessed a strenghth not even her husband (a true coward) could understand. Although childless after years of marriage she took in the orphaned Borgia children and loved them as though they were her own.
