Lucrezia Borgia 1-2: Madonna of the Seven Hills/Light on Lucrezia

The one volume version of Madonna of the Seven Hills and Light on Lucrezia. No family is more notorious than the Borgias. During their lives they proved a source of scandal which has not abated over five centuries. In this compelling novel Jean Plaidy tells of the rise of Rogerigo Borgia to the death of his daughter Lucrezia. It is a tale of passion, intrigue and murder such as has rarely, if ever, occurred before or since. Lucrezia was born into fifteenth century Rome, her background the jewelled splendour of the Papal Court. Here she grew up with her family - Roderigo, her father, who became Pope Alexander VI and was known as the 'most carnal man of his age' and his mistress, Vannozza Catenei, who became the mother of his children Cesare, Giovanni and Lucrezia. This is a frank story of the brutal days of the Borgias when the whole of Italy trembled at the sign of the Grazing Bull, when every man feared to sup at the Borgia table, when the Pope and his son dreamed of a united Italy under their rule and a bewildered young girl was caught up in a web of fear and love.