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The Borgias : the hidden history
Record details
- ISBN: 9780345526915 (hard cover) :
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Physical Description:
xxx, 478 pages, 8 pages of plates : colour illustrations, colour portraits, genealogical tables, maps ; 25 cm.
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, c2013.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: One Whom All Did Fear -- Part One. Alonso, From Out of Nowhere -- A Most Improbable Pope -- Background: The Road to Rome -- Surprises, Disappointments, Hope -- Background: Il Regno-The Kingdom -- Pope and King, Friends No More -- Background: Amazing Italy -- Family Matters -- Background: The Men in the Red Hats -- The End of the Beginning -- Part Two. Rodrigo, A Long Apprenticeship -- Surviving -- Background: The Eternal City, Eternally Reborn -- Pius II : Troubles Rumored and Real -- Background: Il Papa -- Paul II : The Poisoned Chalice -- Background: The Inextinguishable Evil-Heads -- Sixtus IV : Disturbing the Peace -- Background: War, Italian Style -- Innocent VIII : Plumbing the Depths -- Part Three. Alexander, Pope At Last -- The Best Man for the Job -- Background: Madness and Milan -- The Coming of the French -- Background: The Paternity Question : An "Apology" -- The French Depart -- Background: Florence : An Anti-Renaissance -- A Shattering Loss -- Background: The Young Ones -- Valentino -- Part Four. Cesare, Caesar or Nothing -- The Landscape Changes -- Background: Venice, Serene No More -- Conqueror -- Background: The Angel's Castle -- "Longing for Greatness and Renown" -- Background: The Newest Profession -- Settling Scores -- Background: The Great Discoveries -- Man of Destiny -- Background: Superstitions : Another Side of the Renaissance -- Alone -- Aftermath -- Examining Old Assumptions. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Borgia family Nobility -- Italy -- Biography Renaissance -- Italy Italy -- History -- 15th century Italy -- History -- 1492-1559 |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
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- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Burns Lake Public Library | 945.060922 Mey (Text) | 35198000506312 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Castlegar Public Library | 945.0609 MEY (Text) | 35146001811777 | Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Prince Rupert Library | B Borg (Text) | 33294001843267 | Biographies | Volume hold | Available | - |
