Name: the life of cesare borgia
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Author: Rafael Sabatini
ISBN: 9781587156618

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Author

Rafael Sabatini

Publisher

Borgo Press

Year

2002

Language

English

Pages

284

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.5x16x2.4 cm

Weight

0.54 kg.

ISBN

158715661x

ISBN13

9781587156618

Synopsis "the life of cesare borgia"

A condottiero, nobleman, politician and cardinal, whose fight for power was a major inspiration for The Prince by Machiavelli. Most people consider Cesare Borgia one of history's great question marks.After initially entering the church and becoming a cardinal on his father's election to the Papacy, he became the first person to resign a cardinalcy after the death of his brother in 1498. His father set him up as a prince with territory carved from the Papal States, but after his father's death he was unable to retain power for long. According to Machiavelli this was due to his planning for all possibilities but his own illness.

Rafael Sabatini

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Rafael Sabatini was an English writer of Italian origin known for his romance and adventure novels, among which stand out The Sea Hawk, Scaramouche, and Captain Blood. Sabatini wrote thirty-one novels, several short stories, and a play.

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