{"product_id":"the-life-of-cesare-borgia","title":"Cesare Borgias liv","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat separates a ruthless prince from a monster made by gossip?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Life of Cesare Borgia, Rafael Sabatini follows a pope’s son from church office into the struggle for power in Renaissance Italy. Cesare becomes a cardinal while still in his teens. His father, Pope Alexander the Sixth, places family ambition at the heart of papal politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrance gives Cesare a title and an army; the cities of the Romagna become his targets. Sabatini draws on Italian chronicles, Roman diaries, and ambassadors’ dispatches to examine his career. Alongside the campaigns runs a second struggle: the effort to separate evidence from whispers, and the man from his fearsome reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA family pursuing power\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore how Cesare’s place in the Borgia family shapes his path through church and politics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItaly city by city\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow the struggle for the Romagna, where ambition meets rulers unwilling to yield.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eResistance at Forlì\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet Caterina Sforza, who holds out in her fortress against Cesare’s campaign.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEvidence against rumor\u003c\/strong\u003e – Weigh Sabatini’s case against a monstrous reputation he believes rests on gossip.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHistory with narrative drive\u003c\/strong\u003e – Read a biography that brings an adventure storyteller’s pace to chronicles and political dispatches.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers drawn to Renaissance Italy, papal politics, and brisk biography, or curious about Machiavelli’s model prince.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and enter the family and political world that shape Cesare Borgia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534582939996,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/03459_en_ebook-front_c23.jpg?v=1792174919","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/da\/products\/the-life-of-cesare-borgia","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}