The Borgia Bride - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Borgia Bride write by Jeanne Kalogridis. This book was released on 2007-04-01. The Borgia Bride available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Vivacious Sancha of Aragon arrives in Rome newly wed to a member of the notorious Borgia dynasty. Surrounded by the city's opulence and political corruption, she befriends her glamorous and deceitful sister-in-law, Lucrezia, whose jealousy is as legendary as her beauty. Some say Lucrezia has poisoned her rivals, particularly those to whom her handsome brother, Cesare, has given his heart. So when Sancha falls under Cesare's irresistible spell, she must hide her secret or lose her life. Caught in the Borgias' sinister web, she summons her courage and uses her cunning to outwit them at their own game. Vividly interweaving historical detail with fiction, The Borgia Bride is a richly compelling tale of conspiracy, sexual intrigue, loyalty, and drama.
The Borgia Bride
The Borgia Bride - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Borgia Bride write by Jeanne Kalogridis. This book was released on 2005-01-01. The Borgia Bride available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It is Italy in 1492, and pope Alexander VI murders, bribes and betrays to establish his dynasty. So begins the Borgia reign of terror. Rome is a hotbed of accusation and conspiracy and every day, the River Tiber is full of new bodies. Debauchery and every lust is indulged within the Borgia inner-circle and every indisceretion is overlooked. Lucrezia Borgia develops a friendship with Sancha de Aragon daughter of King Alfonso II of Naples and this friendship strengthens when Lucrezia marries Sancha's brother. When Sancha falls in love with Lucrezia's brother she disovers just how bizarre and internecine the family's true ties are....
The Serpent and the Pearl
The Serpent and the Pearl - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Serpent and the Pearl write by Kate Quinn. This book was released on 2013-08-06. The Serpent and the Pearl available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A gripping novel about history’s most infamous family—The Borgias—and an innocent girl pulled into their treacherous rise to power, from the USA Today bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Briar Club. Rome, 1492. The Holy City is drenched with blood and teeming with secrets. A pope lies dying and the throne of God is left vacant, a prize awarded only to the most virtuous—or the most ruthless. The Borgia family begins its legendary rise, chronicled by an innocent girl who finds herself drawn into their dangerous web… Vivacious Giulia Farnese has floor-length golden hair and the world at her feet: beauty, wealth, and a handsome young husband. But she is stunned to discover that her glittering marriage is a sham, and she is to be given as a concubine to the ruthless, charismatic Cardinal Borgia: Spaniard, sensualist, candidate for Pope—who is passionately in love with her. Two trusted companions will follow her into the Pope's shadowy harem: Leonello, a cynical bodyguard bent on bloody revenge against a mysterious killer, and Carmelina, a fiery cook with a past full of secrets. But as corruption thickens in the Vatican and the enemies begin to circle, Giulia and her friends will need all their wits to survive in the world of the Borgias.
The Scarlet Contessa
The Scarlet Contessa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Scarlet Contessa write by Jeanne Kalogridis. This book was released on 2010-07-06. The Scarlet Contessa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What Philippa Gregory has done for Tudor England, Jeanne Kalogridis does for Renaissance Italy. Her latest irresistible historical novel is about a countess whose passion and willfulness knew no bounds—Caterina Sforza Daughter of the Duke of Milan and wife of the conniving Count Girolamo Riario, Caterina Sforza was the bravest warrior Renaissance Italy ever knew. She ruled her own lands, fought her own battles, and openly took lovers whenever she pleased. Her remarkable tale is told by her lady-in-waiting, Dea, a woman knowledgeable in reading the "triumph cards," the predecessor of modern-day Tarot. As Dea tries to unravel the truth about her husband's murder, Caterina single-handedly holds off invaders who would steal her title and lands. However, Dea's reading of the cards reveals that Caterina cannot withstand a third and final invader—none other than Cesare Borgia, son of the corrupt Pope Alexander VI, who has an old score to settle with Caterina. Trapped inside the Fortress at Ravaldino as Borgia's cannons pound the walls, Dea reviews Caterina's scandalous past and struggles to understand their joint destiny, while Caterina valiantly tries to fight off Borgia's unconquerable army.
The Devil's Queen
The Devil's Queen - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Devil's Queen write by Jeanne Kalogridis. This book was released on 2009-07-21. The Devil's Queen available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From Jeanne Kalogridis, the bestselling author of I, Mona Lisa and The Borgia Bride, comes a new novel that tells the passionate story of a queen who loved not wisely . . . but all too well. Confidante of Nostradamus, scheming mother-in-law to Mary, Queen of Scots, and architect of the bloody St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, Catherine de Medici is one of the most maligned monarchs in history. In her latest historical fiction, Jeanne Kalogridis tells Catherine's story—that of a tender young girl, destined to be a pawn in Machiavellian games. Born into one of Florence's most powerful families, Catherine was soon left a fabulously rich heiress by the early deaths of her parents. Violent conflict rent the city state and she found herself imprisoned and threatened by her family's enemies before finally being released and married off to the handsome Prince Henry of France. Overshadowed by her husband's mistress, the gorgeous, conniving Diane de Poitiers, and unable to bear children, Catherine resorted to the dark arts of sorcery to win Henry's love and enhance her fertility—for which she would pay a price. Against the lavish and decadent backdrop of the French court, and Catherine's blood-soaked visions of the future, Kalogridis reveals the great love and desire Catherine bore for her husband, Henry, and her stark determination to keep her sons on the throne.
