BLOG TOUR | THE BORGIA CONFESSIONS by Alyssa Palombo
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Faith, power, love, lust, ambition, betrayal... these are some of the elements spicing up one of my latest read. I'm not a big fan of historical fiction, but I do love conspiracies and that's one of the things you'll always find in a book related to the Borgias. So yes, I decided to try THE BORGIA CONFESSIONS, and I regret nothing!
I read this book, then read it again, and again... and every single time I felt captivated for the writer's narrative voice, the way she constructed her characters and how history and fiction mixed together to bring us a fascinating tale of love, lust, ambition and faith.
I noted an intensive (and pretty impressive) research about the Borgia family and Rome's politics in the time frame selected to develop this tale, colorful descriptions of places and situations, and that helped me to insert myself in the story, to close my eyes and live what Maddalena and Cesare were living. Experience that while reading is almost magical, and it's been a while since I felt that with a book.
It was my first time reading this author, but not the first time reading about the Borgias. Yet somehow this read felt different to me, and I loved that. I enjoyed to be surprised in every turn of the page, and can't wait to see what this author has in store for us in the future.
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Check the blurb:
The trials of Renaissance Italy play out through the eyes of one of Italy's most powerful men - Cesare Borgia - as well as one of the least powerful - a simple maid. In THE BORGIA CONFESSIONS, author Alyssa Palombo brings a story of passion, politics, and class, set against the rise and fall of one of Italy's most infamous families--the Borgias.
During the sweltering Roman summer of 1492, Rodrigo Borgia has risen to power as pope. Rodrigo’s eldest son Cesare, forced to follow his father into the church and newly made the Archbishop of Valencia, chafes at his ecclesiastical role and fumes with jealousy and resentment at the way that his foolish brother has been chosen for the military greatness he desired.
Maddalena Moretti comes from the countryside, where she has seen how the whims of powerful men wreak havoc on the lives of ordinary people. But now, employed as a servant in the Vatican Palace, she cannot help but be entranced by Cesare Borgia’s handsome face and manner and finds her faith and conviction crumbling in her want of him.
As war rages and shifting alliances challenge the pope’s authority, Maddalena and Cesare's lives grow inexplicably entwined. Maddalena becomes a keeper of dangerous Borgia secrets, and must decide if she is willing to be a pawn in the power games of the man she loves. And as jealousy and betrayal threaten to tear apart the Borgia family from within, Cesare is forced to reckon with his seemingly limitless ambition.
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