Table of Contents

	Family Trees	p. xii
	Timeline	p. xix
	Maps	p. xxiii
	The Borgia Problem: An Introduction	p. xxvii
	Prologue: One Whom All Did Fear	p. 3
	Alonso: From Out of Nowhere	p. 7
	A Most Improbable Pope	p. 9
	Background: The Road to Rome	p. 20
	Surprises, Disappointments, Hope	p. 29
	Background: Il Regno-The Kingdom	p. 38
	Pope and King, Friends No More	p. 43
	Background: Amazing Italy	p. 52
	Family Matters	p. 57
	Background: The Men in the Red Hats	p. 65
	The End of the Beginning	p. 71
	Rodrigo: A Long Apprenticeship	p. 81
	Surviving	p. 83
	Background: The Eternal City, Eternally Reborn	p. 97
	Pius II: Troubles Rumored and Real	p. 100
	Background: Il Papa	p. 114
	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
	"Longing for Greatness and Renown"	p. 337
	Background: The Newest Profession	p. 351
	Settling Scores	p. 354
	Background: The Great Discoveries	p. 365
	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
	Index	p. 457
	About the Author	p. 479

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