Writing as Baron Corvo, Rolfe traces the Borgias from their Spanish origins through the papacies of Calixtus III and Alexander VI, the careers of Cesare and Lucrezia, to the family’s later saint, Francis Borgia. He sets out to dismantle the poison legends, defending his subjects in an ornate, idiosyncratic style all his own.
A historical oddity by the author of Hadrian the Seventh, as revealing of Rolfe as of the Borgias. Download the free EPUB.