The glorious and infamous history of the Borgia family--a world of saints, corrupt popes, and depraved princes and poisoners--set against the golden age of the Italian Renaissance.
The Borgia family have become a byword for evil.
Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice and vicious cruelty--all have been associated with their name.
And yet, paradoxically, this family lived when the Renaissance was coming into its full flowering in Italy.
Examples of infamy flourished alongside some .
