The Borgias

Synopsis

"Oscar-winning director Neil Jordan helms this lavish Showtime series about the notorious Borgia family, a clan headed by plotting patriarch Rodrigo and his beautiful but treacherous daughter, Lucrezia."
First disc: "The Poisoned Chalice," "The Assassin," "The Moor" and "Lucrezia's Wedding."
Second disc: "The Borgias in Love," "The French King," "Death, on a Pale Horse" and "The Art of War."
Third disc: "Nessuno (Nobody)" For description of 29 episodes, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Borgias_episodes.
"Pope Alexander VI (...) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until his death in 1503. . . . Alexander is considered one of the most controversial of the Renaissance popes, partly because he acknowledged fathering several children by his mistresses. As a result, his Italianized Valencian surname, Borgia, became a byword for libertinism and nepotism, which are traditionally considered as characterizing his pontificate. On the other hand, two of Alexander's successors, Sixtus V and Urban VIII, described him as one of the most outstanding popes since Saint Peter." [Wikipedia]

Genre

Miniseries

Released

2011

Location

Europe

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