Background
Sarah Bradford was born Sarah Hayes in Bournemouth in 1938.
(The very name Lucrezia Borgia conjures up everything that...)
The very name Lucrezia Borgia conjures up everything that was sinister and corrupt about the Renaissance—incest, political assassination, papal sexual abuse, poisonous intrigue, unscrupulous power grabs. Yet, as bestselling biographer Sarah Bradford reveals in this breathtaking new portrait, the truth is far more fascinating than the myth. Neither a vicious monster nor a seductive pawn, Lucrezia Borgia was a shrewd, determined woman who used her beauty and intelligence to secure a key role in the political struggles of her day. Drawing from a trove of contemporary documents and fascinating firsthand accounts, Bradford brings to life the art, the pageantry, and the dangerous politics of the Renaissance world Lucrezia Borgia helped to create.
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Accusations of treachery, rape, incest, and murder: almost five centuries have passed since Cesare Borgia's death, and his reputation still casts a sinister shadow. Yet the real man was a mesmerizing figure who inspired Machiavelli's classic The Prince. During the brief space of time when he occupied the stage, he shocked and stunned his contemporaries with his lofty ambitions and daring, becoming the most feared, hated, and envied man of his day. By 31 he was dead: his story assumes the proportions of Greek tragedy.
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(The Reluctant King is the first major biography of George...)
The Reluctant King is the first major biography of George VI in over thirty years. It is an intimate portrait of the man and his entire family. The abdication crisis, the King's leadership during the war, his relationship with Churchill and much more are examined in detail by this revealing biography.
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Sarah Bradford was born Sarah Hayes in Bournemouth in 1938.
She was educated at Saint Mary"s Convent, Shaftesbury, Dorset.
She met Anthony Bradford, a real estate developer, at Oxford, and abandoned her degree to marry him. The couple lived in Barbados, Portugal, and Sardinia. They had two children, but divorced.
She began her career as a writer with her first book The Englishman"s Wine, written while she lived in Portugal.
She has now published more than a dozen major works. Her husband became 8th Viscount Bangor in 1993.
She is fluent in four languages and has travelled extensively. The couple live in London.
Bradford assisted with the screenwriting for The Borgias (2011 television series).
She is working on a new biography of Queen Victoria.
(A portrait of Sacheverell Sitwell discusses the life and ...)
(The very name Lucrezia Borgia conjures up everything that...)
( Accusations of treachery, rape, incest, and murder: alm...)
(The Reluctant King is the first major biography of George...)
