Deze serie dompelt lezers onder in een wereld van intriges, mysterie en verraad tegen de levendige achtergrond van de Italiaanse Renaissance. Volg de gevaarlijke reis van een vastberaden protagonist die door verraderlijke politieke landschappen en gevaarlijke geheimen navigeert. Ontdek complotten die Europa in duisternis dreigen te storten, waar alchemistische kennis en dodelijke giften machtsmiddelen zijn. Het is een spannende mix van historische fictie en spanning, perfect voor degenen die van een goede puzzel in sfeervolle verhalen houden.
Uzavrelog ljeta 1492. u vječnom gradu Rimu dogodilo se neopisivo zlo. Jezivo ubojstvo alkemičara uskomešalo je cijeli grad i zaprijetilo povratkom srednjovjekovne tame. Odlučna osvetiti smrt svojega oca, mlada i zanosna Francesca postaje trovačica na dvoru najzloglasnije obitelji svih vremena Borgia. U vrtlogu opasnosti i intriga Francesca igra svoju igru i suočava se s nezamislivim izazovima. Podli neprijatelji mogu joj u svakom trenutku oduzeti život, ali samo ona može spasiti svoju dušu... Fascinantan triler prepun intriga i opasnosti.
Before the Tudors, there were the Borgias. More passionate. More dangerous. More deadly. From the author of Poison, called "stunning"* and "a fascinating page-turner," comes a new historical thriller, featuring the same intriguing and beautiful heroine: Borgia court poisoner, Francesca Giordano. In the summer of 1493, Rodrigo Borgia, Alexander VI, has been pope for almost a year. Having played a crucial role in helping him ascend the chair of Saint Peter, Francesca, haunted by the shadows of her own past, is now charged with keeping him there. As court poisoner to the most notorious and dangerous family in Italy, this mistress of death faces a web of peril, intrigue, and deceit that threatens to extinguish the light of the Renaissance. As dangers close in from every direction, Francesca conceives a desperate plan that puts her own life at risk and hurls her into a nightmare confrontation with a madman intent on destroying all she is pledged to protect. From the hidden crypts of fifteenth-century Rome to its teeming streets alive with sensuality, obsession, and treachery, Francesca must battle the demons of her own dark nature to unravel a plot to destroy the Borgias, seize control of Christendom, and plunge the world into eternal darkness. *Booklist +Lauren Willig
Neprijatelji pape Aleksandra VI sve se više približavaju Rimu pa je papinski dvor primoran nakratko otići iz Rima, a papina trovačica Francesca Giordano kreće sa cijelom svitom u gradić Viterbo. No, čini se da ih cijelim putem prate urote i opasnosti, pa se Francesca udružuje sa svojim ljubavnikom, mladim Cesareom Borgijom kako bi otkrili tko stoji iza tajanstvenih smrti članova papine pratnje. Istovremeno, pojavljuje se i osoba iz Francescine prošlosti koja joj vraća najmučnija sjećanja njenog djetinjstva i dok se Francesca boji da počinje gubiti zdrav razum, samo njezina hrabrost i sposobnost mogu ju vratiti iz ralja ludila i pomoći joj da spasi ono najdragocjenije u njenom životu…
