{"product_id":"9781844087488-in-the-name-of-the-family","title":"In The Name of the Family","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Times Best Historical Fiction of the Year Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Times Best Historical Fiction Book of the Year * A Cosmopolitan Best Book of the Year * A History Today Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eConfirms Sarah Dunant's place as the leading novelist of the Renaissance and one of the most acclaimed historical fiction writers of our age. Follows the brilliant \u003ci\u003eBlood and Beauty and The Birth of Venus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e Best Historical Fiction Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stuffed with violence, danger and passion' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945396416609,"sku":"9781844087488","price":10.23,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28565427.jpg?v=1722702229","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781844087488-in-the-name-of-the-family","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}