El mirto y el puñal : La novela de Lucrecia Borgia

Lucrezia is still a child when she learns that in the churches of late 15th-century Italy, the most sublime art masks the most atrocious crimes, and that in the palaces of Rome, the most courteous smiles at their refined balls are masks concealing betrayals. And, in both, the glory of God pales before the lust for power of men. But Lucrezia is no ordinary child. She is the daughter of the powerful Cardinal Borgia, who will become the astute Pope Alexander VI. And she is also the younger sister of the fearsome Cesare Borgia. Despite agreeing to loveless marriages three times for the political interests of her family and enduring slander and falsehoods throughout her life, Lucrezia will prevail over all those who try to dominate her thanks to a character forged by the women who surrounded her —her mother, her tutor, and her ladies— and driven by the true love she professed for her lovers and, above all, for her children, she will become Duchess of Ferrara after leaving innocence behind.