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Mario Puzo describes the Borgias as the original mafia family. . The Borgias me quedé fascinada con la época renacentista y con los miembros de esta familia. The Family is a novel written by Mario Puzo. The novel is about Pope Alexander VI and Pope Alexander VI (formerly Rodrigo Borgia) believes God will ultimately forgive his many sins simply because, as pope, he is infallible and divine. The Godfather Papers and Other Confessions (); Inside Las Vegas (). Los Borgia by Mario Puzo, , available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide.

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He clearly put a lot of love into “The Family”.

And marik I would have mounted you. Jan 12, Andrew Breslin rated it liked it. I love a bit of historical fiction and this is a book based on the Borgias and life in renaissance Italy. He was Duke of Valentinois at his height and before that Cardinal of Valencia hence his nickname of Valentino and as Valentino he conquered cities through whatever means necessary, ruled his cities justly, his soldiers loved him, his condottieri his captains betrayed him for ambition and he swiftly dealt with them through a beautiful deception and the garrote.

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It can be a story of betrayal, violence, corruption and crime, but above all, it is a story of love. I found it fully as good I read his pre-Godfather plus Godfather books but I was reading it for a different purpose.

It also questions the relationship between “sin” and “goodness” throughout the book. What’s the Name o I don’t know at which point Puzo stopped writing and Carol Gino picked up.

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A vrijeme je to i velikih povijesnih osoba poput Machiavellia, Leonarda da Vincija, Michelangela i sr. Due to his poor eyesight, the military did not let him undertake combat duties but made him a public relations officer statione Puzo was born in a poor family of Neapolitan immigrants living in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York.

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But no matter; the result is brogia same. Also, every time I tried to read it, I started to sneeze because of the dust of the pages.

Habia alianzas y estrategias, personajes eran asesinados, pero a mi me daba lo mismo porque no estaba particularmente interesada por ninguno de ellos.

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Cesare Borgia was borderline sociopathic; he loved no one but his sister. You are wrong, you Roman bastard, son of a Pope. And I won’t spend much time on this, but–the second problem is that Puzo is a mediocre if not bad writer in terms of prose.

Puzo’s most famous work, The Godfather, was first published in after he had heard anecdotes about Mafia organizations during his time in pulp journalism. Puzo had to offer: I don’t like to speak ill of the dead, so I’ll try to make this as short, sweet, and honest as possible.

Puzo was born in a poor family of Neapolitan immigrants living in the Hell’s Maario neighborhood of New York. He is also the loving father of four children, two of whom become pawns in their father’s implacable drive for power.

For most of the time I’m satisfied with what Mr. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. Since SHOtime has started the cable series The Borgias there are many fictional or historical fictional accounts of this family which included two popes.

View all 4 comments. Interspersed with some incest and rape. Fast-paced and well researched, The Family — in its effort to make such scandalous characters as the Borgias more human — may well be the most ambitious novel of Puzo’s career.

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Her adultery was either not mentioned or glossed over, unless it was with Cesare. I’ll say it again. The Borgarias were the Dons of Renaissance time. Trivia About The Family. The Richard Donner Cut Aug 17, Natalie rated it it was amazing Shelves: King Ferdinand I of Aragon had a mummy museum of his enemies, Ludovico Sforza poisoned his nephew for the Duchy of Milan, and great artists like Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo were immortalizing their names in history.

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The most scandalous story line is Pope Alexander’s method of guaranteeing Lucrezia’s loyalty to their family before her first marriage. Is this the same as The Family Corleone?

Cesare is torn between his father’s wishes of him staying in the church and him wanting to be a warrior. And a bit more killing. Puzo has the gift of taking figures who have passed into historical legend and giving them a voice and viewpoint that is not anachronistic, but is still entirely understandable. Through the years each child developed certain important skills, that they would be able to use later in life. The characters were intricate and detailed, with the specific sort of nuances only Mario Puzo could provide, the nuances that made a reader invest in a character, love them, in spite of This book was on its way to being a 4 or even 5 star book for me when I first began and while I still enjoyed The Family overall, by the end, I could not shake a distinct sense of dissatisfaction.

He clearly put a lot of time and effort into this book. Pivotal characters suddenly disappeared for long periods of time, while secondary characters suddenly became the masterminds behind the entire plot.

The characters were intricate and detailed, with the specific sort of nuances only Mario Puzo could provide, the nuances that made a reader invest in a character, love them, in spite of all their garish sins, something quite necessary when relating a tale about the infamous Borgia family.

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