The Borgia Pope Alexander the Sixth / translated by F. J. Sheed

Ferrara, Orestes

Verlag: London: Sheed & Ward, 1942

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Ferrara, Orestes. The Borgia Pope Alexander the Sixth / translated by F. J. Sheed. First edition. London: Sheed & Ward, 1942. Hardback, Good, no dustjacket. Brown cloth, rubbed, bumped and sunned to spine, with gilt lettering to spine. Binding intact but a bit loose. Frontispiece b/w portrait. 455pp. Stain to front edge of text block. Contents clean and bright. Alexander is considered one of the most controversial of the Renaissance popes, partly because he acknowledged fathering several children by his mistresses. As a result, his Italianized Valencian surname, Borgia, became a byword for libertinism and nepotism, which are traditionally considered as characterizing his pontificate. On the other hand, two of Alexander's successors, Sixtus V and Urban VIII, described him as one of the most outstanding popes since Saint Peter. Oreste Ferrara, was an Italian Cuban, who fought for Cuba's independence. He was also an attorney, a journalist, a writer and an entrepreneur who founded one of the best newspapers of La Habana. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1654608607329

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Titel: The Borgia Pope Alexander the Sixth / ...

Verlag: London: Sheed & Ward

Erscheinungsdatum: 1942

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fair

Auflage: 1st Edition