Madonna of the seven hills - Jean Plaidy

In a castle in the mountains outside Rome, Lucrezia Borgia is born into history's most notorious family. Her father, who is to become Pope Alexander VI, receives his first daughter warmly, and her brothers, Cesare and Giovanni, are devoted to her. But on the corrupt and violent streets of the capital it is a very different story: the Borgia family is feared.As Lucrezia becomes a beautiful young woman, her brothers grow ever more protective. Their father is made Pope, and shortly afterwards Lucrezia is married - but as Borgias, the lives of the Pope's children are destined to be marred by scandal and tragedy, and that is a fate that Lucrezia cannot hope to escape...