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- The Borgias : the hidden history / by Meyer, G. J.,1940-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.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.- Subjects: Borgia family.; Nobility; Renaissance;
- © c2013., Bantam Books,
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- The Borgias : power and fortune / by Strathern, Paul,1940-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The glorious and infamous history of the Borgia family -- a world of saints, corrupt popes, and depraved princes and poisoners -- set against the golden age of the Italian Renaissance"--Amazon.com.- Subjects: Biographies.; Borgia family.; Nobility; Renaissance;
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- Lucrezia Borgia : life, love, and death in Renaissance Italy / by Bradford, Sarah,1938-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480-1519.; Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503; Nobility;
- © c2004., Viking,
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- Jamaica Inn [videorecording] / by Lowthorpe, Philippa,television director.; Findlay, Jessica Brown,1989-actor.; McNulty, Matthew,1982-actor.; Harris, Sean,1966-actor.; Whalley, Joanne,1964-actor.; Television adaptation of (work):Du Maurier, Daphne,1907-1989.Jamaica Inn.Videorecording.; Acorn Media (Firm),publisher.; RLJ Entertainment,film distributor.;
Jessica Brown Findlay, Matthew McNulty, Sean Harris, Joanna Whalley.Originally broadcast on television in 2014.Orphaned by her mother's death, Mary Yellan (Jessica Brown Findlay, Downton Abbey) travels to Cornwall to join her aunt, Patience (Joanne Whalley, Wolf Hall). Arriving at the isolated Jamaica Inn, Mary is met by a brutish, menacing man - her uncle, Joss (Sean Harris, The Borgias). She soon learns that no guests stay at the inn, and Joss is part of a savage gang of smugglers. Meanwhile, she's drawn to the handsome, mysterious Jem Merlyn (Matthew McNulty, The Paradise), Joss's younger brother.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo.- Subjects: Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989.; Families; Smugglers; Television mini-series.;
- For private home use only.
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