Blood & Beauty by Sarah Dunant

Blood & Beauty

Borgias #1

Sarah Dunant

815 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical challenging informative tense medium-paced
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By the end of the fifteenth century, the beauty and creativity of Italy is matched by its brutality and corruption, nowhere more than in Rome and inside the Church. When Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia buys his way into the papacy as Alexander VI, he is d...

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Community Reviews

3.61
based on 1,110 reviews

Moods

informative: 60%

dark: 50%

emotional: 40%

tense: 37%

adventurous: 27%

mysterious: 20%

challenging: 17%

reflective: 15%

sad: 10%

funny: 7%

hopeful: 2%

inspiring: 2%

relaxing: 2%

Pace

18% of readers chose fast
54% of readers chose medium
27% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

22% of readers chose Plot
58% of readers chose A mix
19% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

50% of readers chose Yes
34% of readers chose Complicated
15% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

28% of readers chose Yes
57% of readers chose Complicated
13% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

20% of readers chose Yes
11% of readers chose Complicated
61% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

82% of readers chose Yes
11% of readers chose Complicated
5% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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