The Borgias: The Hidden History

by G.J. Meyer

Unknown Binding

Published April 29, 2014

About the author

G. J. Meyer is a former Woodrow Wilson Fellow with an M.A. in English literature from the University of Minnesota, a onetime journalist, and holder of Harvard University’s Neiman Fellowship in Journalism. He has taught at colleges and universities in Des Moines, St. Louis, and New York. His books include A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, Executive Blues, and The Memphis Murders, winner of an Edgar Award for nonfiction from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Goring-on-Thames, England. (source)

Reviews

[Francine Aron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very readable and provides good background history to the culture of the times. Best if you have some knowledge of the Renaissance in Europe in the 1400 and 1500 ‘s to fully understand the author’s point of view. Not an intimate expose’ on the Borgia family like many other books.

[Bernie4444 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Will the real Borgias please stand up?

No book can be everything. If G. J. Meyer had time to tell us all about the entire environment that the Borgias lived in, we would not have the space to tell what they are like and what they did.

Be prepared to read about some not-nice people.

Because you really should have the least some understanding of the history before you even start to tackle this book about the Borgias. I suggest you read “The Italian Renaissance,” (1963) by J. H. Plumb.