The Borgias

In the Borgia family, piety, kindness, justice, wisdom, philanthropy, courage and luxury, fornication, cunning, cruelty, stupidity, and jealousy are all miraculously displayed in the same person. No one can judge whether this family deserves to go to hell.

The Pope both loves and uses children. His change is not sudden, but has always been the case, but it is only magnified by power, just like our emperor. The power of the pope is so great, and the "power" of the chess pieces he "trusts" also increases, and he can expand his territory in the secular world and turn a deer into a horse. No wonder so many people want to be pope! This kind of power game, a power game that only circulates among men, a power game for the upper class, is chaotic and dirty, full of cheating, betrayal, and compromise. Promises and agreements are pieces of waste paper that can be torn up at will when necessary. Poison and assassination can be seen everywhere. No one is always the winner. It is inevitable for people to leave. At the same time, society is also chaotic. The people at the bottom are controlled by countless nobles. There are a lot of barons and kings who are born by luck. The nobles are fighting with the nobles and the nobles and the cardinals. Luxury and chaos. French rosellia is the norm. The nobles play with women. Soldiers violate women. The people need celebrations to anesthetize themselves - everything is fine. People who understand love are always in pain, just like Lucretia. She has love, compassion, and intelligence, but does not have power, so she is hurt again and again by the poison of "love". She cannot make the decision on her own life, cannot protect the people she loves, and even her surname does not belong to her. The only thing she can control is to survive. People who don't understand love are blind, just like Joffrey, who was not liked by his father since he was a child. He has been unsuccessful in his life and can only hide himself. For a long time, there was no one who could love me and belong to me wholeheartedly, so after getting married, I lost my heart in it. His world shrunk to the point where he could barely see anything but his ambition to be a cardinal and his wife. The relationship between the man and woman in the story is also very confusing. It's really strange that they can only love one person for a long time while being casual about their bodies. Just like Cesare, he was influenced by the Pope's instructions and the love he loved most in his life was his sister. However, he also hung out with various women throughout his life, so his face was full of pits left after recovering from illness. Later, he got a wife who loved him, but he still didn't stop. Even the captives during the war, he tried to conquer others with the thought that violating a woman's body is like hurting her soul. Talking back to the Borgia family, perhaps we can talk about the story of the Pope and his four children. Just five people (who have both shortcomings and advantages, they are human beings) have deduced a magnificent history, rich, really too rich. They were like an anchor, and since then they have shown what that era was like, and yes, it was chaotic, that's how chaotic it was. They desperately strive for power, extend power, long for power, and in the name of God engage in worldly desires to promote the family. Their bodies are unclean and their hearts are unclean. There are transactions everywhere and interests everywhere. They want to go to heaven after death, but they throw away salvation-love. Is the sudden awakening before death also an awakening? The damage has been done. Whose relief is the so-called forgiveness?

This book describes the rise and fall of the Borgia family, and the plot is very exciting! While they pursue power, they fall into sin. This contradiction makes me deeply feel the complexity of human nature. The stories in the book also made me understand that no matter where we come from, we should stick to our moral bottom line and pursue true beauty.

Brother and sister are two very charming characters. I particularly like the character of Lu Mei and got to know her. I still feel sorry for her. She was stigmatized. She sponsored and strongly supported Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci in the Italian Renaissance. She gave birth to so many children in her life and finally died of dystocia. I was very angry. To borrow the evaluation of modern scholar Mary McCarthy: "Lucrezia's happiness in Ferrara is the flower of perseverance that blooms in limited freedom from a soul that has been repeatedly crushed by fate."

Although there are too many foreign names in the book which makes it a bit difficult to remember, it is generally good. To put it simply, this book tells the story of the Borgia family from prosperity to decline, and creates a series of vivid and flesh-and-blood characters such as Cesare, Lucretia, and Pope Alexander. The whole book has ups and downs and is very dramatic. Personally, I think the fly in the ointment is that the transitions in some places are stiff and some details are a bit vague.

During this time, I just like to read some novels about the Middle Ages. Although they are novels, they still feel so real when they are read! The characters and storyline are all superb! It's a pleasure to read! The author's writing style is unquestionable! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Very good, recommended. Although I didn't really like the author's writing style at first, and many places were rather general, and I felt like there could be a lot of details, but overall the plot and storyline are pretty good. At the end, the Borgia family declines, which is really sad and gives people a feeling of desolation and powerlessness.

Perhaps because of my preconceptions, after reading "The Borgias" I always look at the characters in a confrontational way. Pope Alexander VI corresponds to the first church father Vito Corleone, Cesare corresponds to Michael, and Lucretia corresponds to Connie. This may be the situation of the entire Italian family, similar souls meeting each other across centuries. After reading this book, I will probably have a clear idea to watch the TV series. Whether it is "The Godfather" or "The Borgias", this passage always represents the theme of what Mario wants to express: She recalled her father with joy. When she was born, he was just a cardinal in the Holy See. When he became pope and became God's agent on earth, he was still the loving and conscientious father. Does his soul suffer eternity in hell for his sins? If she can have mercy, why can't Almighty God? She thought again of Cesare's murder of her husband, and what her father had said to her when she cried with great sorrow. He told her: "God will forgive them both, otherwise his existence will be meaningless. And one day, after this human tragedy is over, we will be together again." Finally, leaving aside this book, the last chapter is still fresh in my memory. Mario said that finishing the novel means letting the characters leave him, even though the author is already used to hanging out with the characters in the text, treating them as a part of his life. This is indeed the most difficult part of the literary creation process. When the period marks the end of the story, it means that the character has separated from the author's writing and has become an independent individual.

This is a good book that broke my concept of being influenced by public knowledge when I was a child.

Good book. I can't get enough of the author's books.

This book paints a picture of Renaissance machinations. The family will do whatever it takes to gain power, and the plot is ups and downs. Although the expression may be insufficient, it is still worth a closer look at power and human nature. Beautiful, detailed depiction of the Roman Catholic Church during the Renaissance.

If you like dark style and want to understand how greedy people are when it comes to power, this book will suit your tastes very well.

Very, very meaningful,

The literary quality is not very strong. After all, the second half of the posthumous work was not written by Mario. However, the scene where the father, daughter and son danced together at the feast really touched me.

Beautiful and wonderful