Posts Tagged ‘Lucretia’

Italian historian sees Borgias as victims of ‘bad press’

Tuesday, November 27th, 2012

The Borgias — the most infamous family in the history of the papacy — were victims of a “bad press”, according to a new book. As for Lucretia, she was innocent of incest and poisoning, and died a devout woman. Journalist and historian Mario Dal Bello drew on documents from the Vatican Secret Archive to Read more