{"product_id":"in-the-name-of-the-family","title":"In The Name Of The Family by Sarah Dunant","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Times Best Historical Fiction Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Cosmopolitan Best Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA History Today Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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' Mark Lawson, Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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' Antonia Senior, The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Stuffed with violence, danger and passion' Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eConjuring up the past in all its complexity, horror and pleasures, In The Name of the Family confirms Sarah Dunant's place as the leading novelist of the Renaissance and one of the most acclaimed historical fiction writers of our age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the Name of the Family - as Blood and Beauty did 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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, The Prince.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut while the pope rails against old age and his son's increasing maverick behavior it is Lucrezia who will become the Borgia survivor: taking on her enemies and creating her own place in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished: 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCategory: Historical Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 486\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: 198 x 129 mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e Remaindered books or remainders are printed books that are over stocks and are sold at reduced prices. Remainder books are sometimes marked by the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarah Dunant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32344494964778,"sku":"9781844087488","price":5.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/products\/1_1563c0b2-a22c-4e1d-b3df-d2e28efa5ad2.jpg?v=1612401634","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/in-the-name-of-the-family","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}