Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy Book

I have been looking for a book about Lucrezia that told her complete life story, so many books only cover her childhood or her first or second marriage. This non-fiction book covered it all...The notorious Borgia family...all three husbands Giovanni Sforza, Alfonso of Aragon and Alfonso d' Este...The Italian Wars and an intimate look and detailed history about the city of Ferrara, where Lucrezia's life ended. I'm not a big non-fiction fan, but this book answered my questions. I just visited Ferrara and saw The Este Palace and the tomb's of The Este family at Corpus Domini. I wanted information about this quiet town and detailed information about who was in those dungeons and why. I found it interesting during the Italian wars how Isabella and Ferdinand of Aragon, King Henry VII and VIII and course King Louis XII and Francis I of France were involved. Bradford couldn't do a complete biography about Lucrezia without detailing all of these events and the people surrounding her. This book is very complete. I didn't find the author's style to be dry, maybe because I was interested?

Bradford begins with Lucrezia's birth and debunks myths and raises facts about this family. She uses old documents to come to her conclusions. If you want to know about this family, this wonderful book will answer your questions.

Lucrezia and Alfonso I's tomb at Corpus Domini. Not the best shot, but I had to be quick :) The nun was watching us.

Leaving the Dungeon where Giulio d'Este was kept. The author goes into great detail about this event. Just look at how small the door is. Imagine being down there underground, no electricity, rats and etc?