To his credit, Meyer (The Tudors) is forthright about how this supposed “hidden history” of the Italian Renaissance’s most controversial family came to be: it is the product of “[a] year of research ...
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The tagline for the new Showtime historical drama "The Borgias" doesn't mask any larger intent: "Sex. Power. Murder. Amen." Okay, so you know what you're getting ...
The name Borgia is synonymous in history with treachery, hedonism, and scandal. Along with the equally infamous Medicis, they were one of the most powerful families in Renaissance Italy. From lusty ...
Son of a pope, master of poison, and inspiration to Machiavelli—Cesare Borgia ruled through fear, and for good reason ...
The year is 1492. The holiest man in Christendom is a lecher, a scoundrel, a nepotist, a simonist, and an accomplice to murder. Several murders. Half a dozen, by my count, in his first few days as ...