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Rome at the turn of the 16th century-a city of
opulence, violence, intrigue, and lust-the
worldly and decadent "City of God." This is
the Rome of the Borgias, where Pope Alex-
ander VI holds court with his mistress, the
divine Giulia, at his side; where his daughter
Lucrezia, twice-widowed at the age of twenty,
consoles herself (it is said) in her brother s
arms; where the once lovely and powerful
Caterina Sforza now keeps company with rats
in the putrid dungeons of Sant Angelo, await-
ing her freedom-or the garrotte; where each
restless night conceals extravagant amuse-
ments, dangerous trysts, and murderous be-
trayals along the dark banks of the Tiber;
where Spanish, French, and Papal forces plot
and counterplot for control of the cities and
wealth of Italy.
The great warlord Cesare Borgia-the
Pope s illegitimate son-marches his army
through Tuscany and Umbria, using pillage,
extortion, and terror to consolidate the Papal
holdings. Secretly in Cesare s employ, and the
hidden genins behind certain of his most out-
rageous exploits, is the strange, compelling
figure of Nicholas Dawson: secretary to the
Florentine ambassador, spy for the Borgias,
go-between for the Spaniards, brilliant politi-
cal tactician, instinctual opportunist--a man of
great ability, little real achievement, and no
true allegiance.
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City of God pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024