How was the reign of one of the most controversial Popes in the history? How took he control of the curia and become the Pope Alexander VI? This and another questions Stratherns answers in this book thaht offers light into this man how was attempt, with his son Ceasar, the unification over his rule all Italy, attempt that almost complete.
There are so many legends about Rodrigo Borgia, better known by the name he took once he was elected pope: Alexander VI. This book explores the real man, not the legend (the evil man that was called antichrist) and offers the image of the ambition but also the image of a father capable of everything for their children.
Strathern offers a panorame of the italian and european politics in the 15th century, the time and the space where Rodrigo Borgia prospers and how that world builds a man such as him.