Great new reads for June include a lavish thriller set in the international art world, historical fiction in Renaissance ...

A few years ago, I learned an important lesson while teaching about Machiavelli. I referred to the Spanish-Italian statesman ...

The most serious allegation leveled at Lucrezia Borgia was that of having committed incest with her brother Cesare, and with her father, Pope Alexander VI. This accusation was undoubtedly nothing ...

They were not friends of the Medici. Rodrigo Borgia, the corrupt Pope Alexander VI, had at least two illegitimate children. His sociopath son, Cesare, was born just a year after Giovanni de'Medici ...

Mario, officer-lover)Jean Fay (Tybald) Abel Gance At the end of the 15th Century, Rome is ruled ruthlessly by power mad and sex hungry Cesare Borgia, the eldest son of Pope Alexander VI.

Lucrezia's father was the infamous Rodrigo Borgia (a.k.a. Pope Alexander VI), and her brother the even more infamous Cesare Borgia. Before she reached her teen years, Lucrezia had twice—through ...

Simonetta Stefanelli (Lucrezia Borgia)Massimo Foschi (Cesare Borgia)Ettore Manni (Rodrigo Borgia - Papa Alessandro VI)Anna Orso (Giovanna Cattanei aka Vannozza)Paolo Malco (Juan de Candia Borgia ...

However, his respite is short-lived as the Templar forces, led by Cesare Borgia, attack, killing his uncle Mario and seizing the Apple of Eden. Ezio then travels to Rome to dismantle the Borgia ...

They were not friends of the Medici. Rodrigo Borgia, the corrupt Pope Alexander VI, had at least two illegitimate children. His sociopath son, Cesare, was born just a year after Giovanni de'Medici ...

In the early 16th century Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by Cesare Borgia and his sister Lucrezia. In a ruthless power play, Cesare plots to have his sister’s husband murdered.