Blood & Beauty: The Borgias - Tapa blanda

PRAISE FOR THE NOVELS OF SARAH DUNANT

The Birth of Venus

"A broad mural bursting with color, passion, and intrigue."--"People"

"A witty, ingenious historical novel.""--The New York Times Book Review"
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In the Company of the Courtesan

"Delicious . . . [a] compelling story of love, betrayal, loyalty, debauchery, jealousy and redemption.""--USA Today"

"Remarkable . . . [Dunant's] memorable characters captivate. . . . This tale grows in depth and suspense. . . . The reader will encounter unexpected and unforgettable wonders."--Baltimore" Sun"
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Sacred Hearts

"Compelling . . . a gripping tale of love, lust [and] jealousy."--"The Times" (London)

"Captivating . . . Dunant's brilliant imagination is at its powerful best.""--The Washington Post"

Advance praise for "Blood & Beauty"
"What a marvelous feast of vices and desires Sarah Dunant gives us--lust and ambition, passion and power, destiny born and bought. The Borgias are arguably the most intriguing and ruthless family in all of history, and Dunant brings them ravishingly, bristlingly to life. "Blood & Beauty" is absolutely convincing on every page. I was enthralled."--Paula McLain, author of "The Paris Wife"
"Sarah Dunant's "Blood & Beauty" is an astounding achievement, extensively researched and exquisitely written. An epic tale of dynasty, this novel also manages to be an intimate exploration of familial ties and relationships. The Borgias have never been so human, and so humanely portrayed."--Melanie Benjamin, author of "The Aviator's Wife"
""Blood & Beauty" is a fascinating read full of vivid detail and human pathos. Dunant opens a window into the extraordinary machinations and skullduggery of the Borgias and provides us with a richness of description that beautifully locates them in their own time."--Amanda Foreman, author of "A World on Fire"
"An engrossing tale of beauty and corruption, "Blood & Beauty" is meticulously crafted, and utterly convincing: a work of a skilled historian and a masterful storyteller who makes the Borgias live and breathe their ambition and lust for life on every page. This is a literary feast!"--Eva Stachniak, author of "The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great"
"Brilliant and utterly bone-chilling, "Blood & Beauty" held me spellbound from beginning to end. Without a doubt, this exquisite, seductive portrait of one of the most infamous families of the Italian Renaissance is destined to become a classic. Sarah Dunant has managed to bring the Borgias back to life in all their stunning complexity, from loving fathers to ruthless killers, and the result is truly unique and absolutely irresistible."--Anne Fortier, author of "Juliet"
"Sarah Dunant's "Blood & Beaut

Traces the Borgia family in the aftermath of Rodrigo Borgia's rise to the papacy, during which war, a terrifying sexual plague, and the family's notorious reputation forge an intimate bond between brother and sister, Lucretia and Cesare.