In The Name of the Family

A Times Best Historical Fiction Book of the Year * A Cosmopolitan Best Book of the Year * A History Today Book of the Year Confirms Sarah Dunant's place as the leading novelist of the Renaissance and one of the most acclaimed historical fiction writers of our age. Follows the brilliant Blood and Beauty and The Birth of Venus The Times: Books of the Year, Best Historical Fiction of 2017 `A stunning tale of power and family' Cosmpolitan Best Books of 2017 `Dunant's vivid novel takes us back to Renaissance Italy ... I was gripped from start to finish' History Today: A Best History Book of the Year `Meticulously researched' `Dunant has made completely her own the story of Italy's most famous ruling family ... in a way that we can see, hear and smell' Mark Lawson, Guardian `In Dunant's telling of the Borgia story, Lucrezia is not the sluttish power-crazed poisoner of legend... Love for Lucrezia is dangerous ... Dunant has a storyteller's instincts ... this and her glorious prose make her version irresistible' - Antonia Senior, The Times `Stuffed with violence, danger and passion' Daily Mail A Times Best Historical Fiction Book of the Year A Cosmopolitan Best Book of the Year A History Today Book of the Year 'Dunant has made completely her own the story of the Italy's most infamous ruling family . . . in a way that we can see, hear and smell' Mark Lawson, Guardian 'A stunning tale of power and family . . . In Dunant's telling of the Borgia story, Lucrezia is not the sluttish power-crazed poisoner of legend . . . her glorious prose makes her version irresistible' Antonia Senior, The Times 'Stuffed with violence, danger and passion' Daily Mail Conjuring up the past in all its complexity, horror and pleasures, In The Name of the Family confirms Sarah Dunant's place as the…