Lucretia Borgia, Pope Alexander VI's daughter, became famous in history as the infamous Countess of Pesaro and Duchess of Ferrara, who hosted parties to poison her father's and her brother Cesare's enemies. On the contrary, they used her to cover their own crimes and to bring allies to the Church through her marriages. Even history can be falsified when brought down to the level of Court's gossip or Vatican's intrigues.
Lucretia Borgia, Pope Alexander VI's daughter, became famous in history as the infamous Countess of Pesaro and Duchess of Ferrara, who hosted parties ...
This book is the story of a friendship that started on a winter night in 1774 at a ball at the Paris Opera House during carnival season when a lighthearted princess approached a handsome young man. The princess was Marie-Antoinette and the young man was the Swedish Count Axel von Fersen, who became an important personality not only in France and other European nations, but also during the American Revolution as Aide-de-Camp to the Commander of the French Expeditionary Force allied with George Washington.
This book is the story of a friendship that started on a winter night in 1774 at a ball at the Paris Opera House during carnival season when a lighthe...
It' s the eleventh century and Islam, born from the sands of the Arabian Desert, has spread from Syria to Spain. Muslims now rule a large part of what was once the Roman Empire. Eude de Chatillon, a monk at the monastery of Cluny, France, does not like what he sees. He leads expeditions to free Spain from its Muslim rulers. When he becomes Pope Urban II, he urges good Christians everywhere to free Jerusalem, and so the crusades begin. As pope, however, he is not able to lead the fight, so he gives authority to Peter the Hermit, a popular priest. At Peter's bidding, thousands of peasants join...
It' s the eleventh century and Islam, born from the sands of the Arabian Desert, has spread from Syria to Spain. Muslims now rule a large part of what...
