Mario Puzo - A family - a borgiák maffiaregénye

Rodrigo Borgia, who VI. He went down in history as Pope Alexander, a large-scale personality, a true Renaissance man. He cherished life, women, was passionate about art - and above all: he did everything for his family and children. But in the hands of the earthly vicar of Christ, almighty power was concentrated, which he used not only for the affairs of the Holiness, but also for the sake of his family, whom he adored even more than God, and especially against those who crossed his path. He had reliable men and reliable tools to defeat his enemies... The Pope and his children, the beautiful and self-righteous good girl Lucrezia, the passionate and soldier-born patriot Cesare, and the youngest son, the apparently shy Giovanni, left their mark on the dramatically developing lives of the XV . The turbulent history of 19th century Italy, in which Machiavelli, Savonarola and several important artists of the Renaissance appear. As in the story of the emblematic godfather, Puzo writes captivatingly in his historical novel about the fatal entanglement of love and hate, secret alliances and conspiracies, violence and cruelty ready to erupt. While his books were published one after the other, he worked on this work for two decades, and after his death, his partner, Carol Gino, finished it in the spirit of his notes.