For if we honour that commitment, we will never be vanquished – but if we falter in that loyalty, we will all be condemned. When Mario Puzo died in 1999, he had spent 15 years or so, on and off, working on this novel about the Borgias: Rodrigo, who became Pope Alexander VI, and his. We must learn from each other, protect each other, and be bound first and foremost to each other. Sit, my children, sit with me, he gently ordered.

'And the loyalty of the family must come before everything and everyone else. Mario Puzo The Family Alexander moved over to his favourite chair in the corner of the large chamber. ' We are a family,' Alexander told his children. The Borgias face immense opposition from all quarters of Italy, but their deadliest foes may be far closer to home.Ī tale of brutality and betrayal that crowns Mario Puzo's remarkable career Scheming and plotting for their own ends are his children: Giovanni, the much-favoured golden boy his younger brother Cesare, jealous and vicious and Lucrezia, cunning, calculating and passionate. Mario Francis Puzo was born on October 15, 1920, in the Hells Kitchen area of New York City, to a family of Italian immigrants. Headed by Rodrigo Borgia, better known as Pope Alexander VI, this tight-knit family is fighting to keep its iron grip on Italy – but theirs is a lethal game, and the cost of failure is surely death. But where there is gold – and power – there are those who are willing to do anything to get their hands on them.Įnter the Borgias.

The Renaissance is in full swing, heralding a new golden age for Europe. It is an enlightening historical fiction about the trials and tribulations of this family. This book is about the Borgia Family, Rodrigo, Cesare, Lucretia, Juan and Jofre. From the legendary author of THE GODFATHER comes a novel of the original Italian crime familyįifteenth-century Italy. Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather, also wrote a book involving one of his great interests, Medieval Italy around the late 1400s and early 1500s.

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