Sins of the House of Borgia

464 Pages·2011·2.64 MB·English

by  Sarah Bower

For Kairo
Copyright
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Originally published as The Book of Love in the UK in 2008 by Snowbooks.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bower, Sarah.
Sins of the House of Borgia / by Sarah Bower.
p. cm.
1. Young women—Italy—Fiction. 2. Household employees—Fiction. 3. Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480-1519—Fiction. 4. Borgia, Cesare,
1476?-1507—Fiction. 5. Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503—Fiction. 6. Italy—History—1492-1559—Fiction. 7. Nobility—Papal States
—Fiction. 8. Popes—Fiction. I. Title.
PR6102.O944S56 2011
823’.92--dc22
2010048515
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ONTENTS
Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Prologue
The Book of Esther
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
The Book of Broken Promises
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
The Book of Gideon
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
The Book of Love
Chapter 1
Epilogue
Afterword
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Back Cover