Madonna of the Seven Hills — Jean Plaidy

The legendary Lucrezia Borgia did everything with a passion intensity. She loved with a burning lust. She hated with a ruthless violence.

There wasn't another woman in all of Rome who could rival her exquisite beauty--or her incredible power. As the only daughter of Pope Alexander VI, she was showered with every luxury and privilege.

But being a Borgia also meant having a certain and inescapable responsibility to the family. Lucrezia learned early that she would never simply love and marry. A Borgia's destiny was always carefully arranged--and there wasn't any way for Lucrezia to escape hers....