Mario Puzo first answered that question in his landmark bestseller The Godfather, with the creation of the Corleones. Now, thirty years later, Puzo enriches us all with his ultimate vision of the subject: the story of the greatest crime family in Italian history -- the Borgias.
In The Family, this singular novelist transports his readers back to fifteenth-century Rome, and reveals to us the extravagance and intrigue of the Vatican as surely as he once revealed the secrets of the Mafia. At the story's center is Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, a man whose lustful appetites were matched only by his consuming love of family. Surrounding him are his extraordinary children: simple, unloved Jofre; irascible, heartless Juan; beautiful, strong-willed Lucrezia; and passionate warrior Cesare, Machiavelli's friend and inspiration. Their stories constitute a symphony of human emotion and behavior, from pride to romance to jealousy to betrayal and murderous rage.
A labor of love two decades in the making, The Family marks the final triumph of one of the greatest storytellers of our time.
Christopher Lee
Peformed By : Anna Massey and Peter Jeffrey
BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : British Pre 1900
$22.25
This edition brings together the amalgamation of Scotland to the other British states, the succession of the first Hanoverian King and much more... More info...
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Various
Peformed By : Full Cast Production
Listen & Live
Runtime : 6 hours
Categories : Dramatizations American Pre 1900 Military
$24.95 $16.25
An audio anthology of the most dramatic moments in American history. More info...
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Elizabeth Jenkins
Peformed By : Karen Archer
Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 3 hours 40 minutes
Categories : British Pre 1900 Biographical Classics Royalty and Heads of State
$15.49
Elizabeth Jenkins, in her classic biography, reveals the woman behind the skilful politician, showing her belief in personal sacrifice to secure peace for the country she loved more than any man. More info...
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Simon Winchester
Peformed By : Simon Winchester
Harper Collins US
Runtime : 12 hours
Categories : World Pre 1900
$39.95 $21.95
Dust swirled round the world for years, causing temperatures to plummet and sunsets to turn vivid with lurid and unsettling displays of lght. The effects were felt as far away as France. More info...
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Martin Dugard
Peformed By : Simon Jones
Hachette Audio
Runtime : 6 hours
Categories : Adventurers & Explorers Historical World Pre 1900 Biographical
$29.98 $20.99
The epic, never-before-told story of Columbus’s final, and perhaps greatest journey. More info...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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