tailieunhanh - Madonna of the Seven Hills by Jean Plaidy

The most beautiful woman in Rome, Lucrezia Borgia, was born into a family—and a destiny—she could not hope to escape . . .Fifteenth-century Rome: The Borgia family is on the rise. Lucrezia’s father, Pope Alexander | ơfù w Seven Hills ốơ MM Í of THE BORGIAS Purchase a copy of MADONNA OF THE SEVEN HILLS at one of these retailers BROADWAY BOOKS BARNES NOBLE THE BIRTH OF LUCREZIA T. t was COLD in the castLe anD the woman WHO stooD at the window looking from the snowy caps of the mountains to the monastery below thought longingly of the comfort of her house on the Piazza Pizzo di Merlo sixty miles away in Rome. Yet she was content to be here for it was Roderigo s wish that their child should be born in his mountain castle and she could feel nothing but delight that he should care so much. She turned her back on the majestic view and looked round the room. The bed was inviting for her pains were becoming more frequent. She hoped the child would be a boy since Roderigo could do so much more for a boy than for a girl. Already she had given him three handsome sons and he doted on them particularly she believed on Cesare and Giovanni but that was because Pedro Luis the eldest had been sent away. It was sad to lose him but it was a wonderful future which would be his education at the Spanish Court where he was to receive the dukedom of Gandia. And there .