The family: a saga of ambition and thirst for power

A posthumous novel by the author of "The Godfather." The family is now called Borgia, we are in the Renaissance, the Black Death is ravaging Europe, but in the cities, arts, literature, and science are experiencing a new splendor. In Rome, Alexander VI, the Borgia, assumes the papacy, ushering in a new and magnificent era of papal power. Corruption permeates the Church. High ecclesiastical dignitaries frequent brothels and keep multiple mistresses, accept bribes, and sell indulgences. It is a portrait of an era of splendor and decadence, of ambition and corruption, of a family (Pope Borgia and his children Cesare, Juan, Lucrezia, and Goffredo) who conquered the world, but paid a high price for it.