{"product_id":"9781844087488","title":"In The Name of the Family","description":"Author: Sarah Dunant\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781844087488\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 27 Feb 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 496 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e Best Historical Fiction Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Dunant has made completely her own the story of the Italy's most infamous ruling family . . . in a way that we can see, hear and smell'\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Lawson, Guardian\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A stunning tale of power and family . . . In Dunant's telling of the Borgia story, Lucrezia is not the sluttish power-crazed poisoner of legend . . . her glorious prose makes her version irresistible'\u003c\/b\u003e Antonia Senior, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stuffed with violence, danger and passion' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConjuring up the past in all its complexity, horror and pleasures,\u003ci\u003e In The Name of the Family\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Sarah Dunant's place as the leading novelist of the Renaissance and one of the most acclaimed historical fiction writers of our age.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Name of the Family \u003c\/i\u003e- as \u003ci\u003eBlood and Beauty \u003c\/i\u003edid before - holds up a mirror to a turbulent moment of history, sweeping aside the myths to bring alive the real Borgia family; complicated, brutal, passionate and glorious. Here is a thrilling exploration of the House of Borgia's doomed years, in the company of a young diplomat named Niccolo Machiavelli.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is 1502 and Rodrigo Borgia, a self-confessed womaniser and master of political corruption is now on the Papal throne as Alexander VI. His daughter Lucrezia, aged twenty-two, already thrice married and a pawn in her father's plans, is discovering her own power. And then there is Cesare Borgia: brilliant, ruthless and increasingly unstable; it is his relationship with the diplomat Machiavelli which offers a master class on the dark arts of power and politics. What Machiavelli learns will go on to inform his great work of modern politics, \u003ci\u003eThe Prince.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut while the pope rails against old age and his son's increasing maverick behaviour it is Lucrezia who will become the Borgia survivor: taking on her enemies and creating her own place in history.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46325609562270,"sku":"ADS-9781844087488","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781844087488.jpg?v=1766547009","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781844087488","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}