The Pope's Daughter
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Pope Alexander VI is the loathed Pontifex Maximus, the Holy Father of the Catholic Church. however, rumours describe him as no better than the devil himself. It is a known fact the libertinous Pope fathered children before the papacy, and kept them under his protection his whole life. Lucrezia Borgia is one of them; his most beloved daughter, his pride and joy, she sees her father going from Cardinal to Pope. Pompously introduced to the secret walls of the Holy Roman Church, a world of corruption, plots and devils, young Lucrezia very quickly learns that religion and sin walk hand-to-hand on the beautiful Renaissance era of Rome.
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