Table of Contents

	Family Trees	p. xii
	Timeline	p. xix
	The Borgia Problem: An Introduction	p. xxvii
	Pope and King, Friends No More	p. 43
	Pius II: Troubles Rumored and Real	p. 100
	Maps	p. xxiii
	Surviving	p. 83
	Prologue: One Whom All Did Fear	p. 3
	Alonso: From Out of Nowhere	p. 7
	Background: Il Regno-The Kingdom	p. 38
	Background: The Men in the Red Hats	p. 65
	The End of the Beginning	p. 71
	A Most Improbable Pope	p. 9
	Rodrigo: A Long Apprenticeship	p. 81
	Background: The Road to Rome	p. 20
	Surprises, Disappointments, Hope	p. 29
	Background: Amazing Italy	p. 52
	Family Matters	p. 57
	Background: The Eternal City, Eternally Reborn	p. 97
	Paul II: The Poisoned Chalice	p. 118
	Background: The Inextinguishable Evil-Heads	p. 129
	Sixtus IV: Disturbing the Peace	p. 134
	Background: War, Italian Style	p. 148
	Innocent VIII: Plumbing the Depths	p. 154
	Alexander: Pope at Last	p. 171
	The Best Man for the Job	p. 173
	Background: Madness and Milan	p. 194
	The Coming of the French	p. 201
	Background: Florence: An Anti-Renaissance	p. 220
	The French Depart	p. 224
	Background: The Paternity Question: An "Apology"	p. 239
	A Shattering Loss	p. 248
	Background: The Young Ones	p. 265
	Valentino	p. 270
	Cesare: Caesar or Nothing	p. 293
	The Landscape Changes	p. 295
	Background: Venice, Serene No More	p. 312
	Conqueror	p. 316
	Background: The Angel's Castle	p. 334
	Background: The Newest Profession	p. 351
	Settling Scores	p. 354
	Man of Destiny	p. 369
	Background: Superstitions: Another Side of the Renaissance	p. 380
	Alone	p. 384
	Aftermath	p. 409
	Examining Old Assumptions	p. 419
	Notes	p. 433
	Bibliography	p. 451
	Background: Il Papa	p. 114
	"Longing for Greatness and Renown"	p. 337
	Background: The Great Discoveries	p. 365
	Index	p. 457
	About the Author	p. 479

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