Caroline P. Murphy Knihy

The untold story of how Felice della Rovere, the illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II, became the most powerful woman in Rome. Caroline P. Murphy evokes not only the great turbulence and creativity of Renaissance Italy, but also Felice's daily life, from dealing with squabbles among servants to her advice on the best way to bribe a Pope.

Isabella de' Medici was the hostess of a glittering circle in Renaissance Florence. It was this affair - and her very success as First Lady of Florence - that led to her death at the hands of her husband at the age of just thirty- four.