![]() ![]() ![]() 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. 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. In The Family, this singular novelist transports his readers back to 15th century Rome, and reveals to us the extravagance and intrigue of the Vatican as surely as he once revealed the secrets of the Mafia. Now, 30 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. Mario Puzo first answered the question 'What is a family?' with the creation of the Corleones in his landmark best seller The Godfather. ![]()
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