
By the end of the fifteenth century the beauty & creativity of Italy is matched only by its brutality & corruption When Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia buys his way into the papacy he is defined not just by his wealth charisma & power but by his blood a Spanish Pope in a city run by Italians If he is to succeed he must use his Machiavellian son & innocent daughter Stripping away the myths around the Borgias Blood & Beauty breathes life into the astonishing family of Alexander VI & celebrates the raw power of history itself compelling complex & relentless