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The Lustful Youth of Rodrigo Borgia

Author(s): Elena Martignoni, Michela Martignoni

Location(s): Italy, Spain

Genre(s): Novella, Historical, Romance

Era(s): renaissance

A sort of prequel to the television series “The Borgias”, here Rodrigo Borgia is a man in his youthful prime looking back on what has shaped him and with an eye toward his future. The story opens on a moment of turmoil over his love for a Roman innkeeper as he interogates himself as to whether he’s ready to commit himself to one woman. A first-person account revealing an unknown and vulnerable side of Rodrigo Borgia, the future Pope Alexander VI, who was first of all a man with self-doubts and a profound need to be loved.

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