Maria Bellonci Knihy

Román Tajomstvá Gonzagovcov čerpá z renesančného obdobia talianskych dejín, vlády rodov v krajine rozdrobenej na malé mestské štáty, neprestajne medzi sebou súperiace. Gonzagovci, páni Mantovy, svojhlaví, slávybažní a predovšetkým podliehajúci zmyselným nerestiam, Gugliemo, hrbáč a jeho synVincenzo sú predmetom psychologického a historického výkladu. Ako hrbáčove, tak aj Vincenzove kroky – kroky krásavca, vládcu, záletníka a vraha v jednej osobe - determinuje vášeň a ctibažnosť, práve tak ako zmysel pre umenie.

Recounts the adventures of the Italian merchant during his travels to China, based on Marco Polo's own accounts.

Maria Bellonci depicts Lucrezia as a passionate, womanly figure moving uncertainly through the Papal court and through the intrigues, ambitions and political chicanery that swirled about her. Married three times for her family¿s political advantage Lucrezia also entertained, for her own pleasure, a long list of eminent lovers, particularly the poet Pietro Bembo. Her father, Pope Alexander VI, emerges as a fiercely devoted parent while the catlike and sinister Cesare Borgia is seen as a relentless and unscrupulous power-seeker.

Author's diary from the 1960's presents personal feelings and thoughts as well as facts about well-known celebrities.