— Contents — Chapter 1 The Crumbling City 1
Chapter 2 Elections and Celebrations 10
Chapter 3 A Man of Endless Virility 20
Chapter 4 Servant of the Servant of God 36
Chapter 5 Marriages and Alliances 43
Chapter 6 The French in Rome 54
Chapter 7 The Conquest of Naples 74
Chapter 8 The Borgia Bull 83
Chapter 9 Father and Children 92
Chapter 10 The Dominican Friar 99
Chapter 11 Murder 105
Chapter 12 Another Husband for Lucrezia 111
Chapter 13 The Unwanted Cardinal’s Hat 121
Chapter 14 Cesare’s French Bride 128
Chapter 15 Conquests 139
Chapter 16 Jubilee 153
Chapter 17 Duke of the Romagna 168
Chapter 18 The Naples Campaign 179
Chapter 19 The Duke and the Borgia Girl 184
Chapter 20 Frolics and Festivities 198
Chapter 21 The New Bride 205
Chapter 22 Castles and Condottieri 221
Chapter 23 The Death of the Pope 244
Chapter 24 Conclaves 254
Chapter 25 Cesare at Bay 264
Chapter 26 Duchess of Ferrara 274
Chapter 27 The End of the Affair 290
Chapter 28 The Death of the Duchess 302
Chapter 29 Saints and Sinners 311
Bibliography 315
Index 321