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The Big Question: Was Rodrigo Borgia Really The Father of Cesare, Juan &...
As I mentioned in my review yesterday, G.J Meyer has presented some very interesting arguments over the paternity of Cesare, Lucrezia and Juan Borgia. It has long been accepted that Rodrigo Borgia,...
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The Death of Cesare Borgia
Cesare Borgia506 years ago today, one of the greatest military commanders that Italy had ever seen was killed at the Siege of Viana. On 12th March 1507, Cesare Borgia rode to his death following a life...
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Review: The Chalice by Nancy Bilyeau
In the next novel from Nancy Bilyeau after her acclaimed debut The Crown, novice Joanna Stafford plunges into an even more dangerous conspiracy as she comes up against some of the most powerful men of...
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Cesare Borgia's Sword Scabbard - And A Trip To The British Museum
It's long been a dream of mine to look upon Cesare Borgia's sword and the scabbard that went with it. And when I found out that the scabbard was on display at the Victoria & Albert museum in...
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And Now For Something Completely Different...
It's taken me a while to get to this, due to various bits and pieces going on. I woke up this morning and found a comment from the lovely Anna Belfrage nominating me for a blogger award. This has put a...
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St Peter ~ Fact vs Faith
St Peter as Pope by RubensHappy Easter everyone! I hope you're all having a lovely weekend and eating lots of chocolate. Given the theme of the day and my love of Papal history, I thought I'd do a...
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The Borgias - Season 3, Episode 1: The Face of Death
Caterina Sforza - Gina McKeeI'm going to be honest here and say then when I heard what the plans were for The Borgias, Season 3; I was a little loathe to even start watching it. And I'm still loathe to...
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Review: Da Vinci's Demons Episode 1 ~ The Hanged Man
Having long been a fan of Leonardo Da Vinci (sometimes bordering on fangirlism - I'm not sorry for it), I may have gotten a little excited when I heard that Starz were doing a series on the great man...
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Review: Da Vinci's Demons Episode 2 ~ The Serpent
This morning I sat myself down to watch episode 2 of Da Vinci's Demons, a feeling of excitement brewing in me. Last week's episode was thoroughly enjoyable, so I couldn't wait to get my teeth into this...
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Review: The Borgias ~ Siblings ~ And A Bit Of MythBusting
It seems that after Showtime aired the third episode of The Borgias Season 3 that this blog has had quite a few hits searching for things like "were the Borgias really incestuous?" and even odder...
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An Interview With Isolda Dychauk
Today I am very excited to have the lovely Isolda Dychauk here on Loyalty Binds Me for a short interview about her role as Lucrezia Borgia in "Borgia: Faith & Fear". As I'm sure you're all aware,...
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It Seems I Took An Impromtu Hiatus
As it's been well over a month since I last updated here, I thought I should swing in and give you all a massive apology for my impromptu hiatus. There are many reasons why I haven't updated here and...
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Remembering Mick Aston
It was with a very heavy heart that I heard the news of Mick Aston's death the other day. As someone who grew up watching Time Team (don't judge me, I'm not ashamed), I will freely admit that it was...
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[Review] Borgia: Faith & Fear ~ Season 2 Episode 1: "The Time Of Sweet Desires"
I'm sure you will all remember my review of Borgia: Faith & Fear's first season and that I was rather impressed with it. I found it much more riveting, and much more accurate than the equivalent...
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A Birthday Wish From Cesare Borgia
You will all know by now just how much I respect Cesare Borgia, and how much time I spend reading and researching the man. For a very long time I have wanted his personal motto "Aut Caesar, Aut Nihil"...
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[Review] Borgia Faith & Fear - Episode 2: Ash Wednesday
I'm going to keep today's review short and sweet, given that I'm exhausted and feeling somewhat worn down. Episode 2 of Borgia's second season is named "Ash Wednesday" and based around the symbolism of...
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[Looking Back] The Borgia Apartments, The Vatican
Due to a bit of writers block I thought I would share a post I did a while ago, all about my trip to the Borgia apartments at the Vatican.The Disputation of St Catherine - PinturicchioAfter Rodrigo...
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[Looking Back] An Interview With Isolda Dychauk
Looking back again today. Not long ago, the lovely Isolda Dychauk did an interview with me about her role in the second season of Borgia: Faith & Fear. Here is is again!Isolda as Lucrezia in...
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ArtFund
A very brief post this morning as I'm not feeling too well. But this post has been a long time coming. Earlier this year I was given a National Art Pass from ArtFund to use and review and I have to...
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Borgia vs The Borgias - The Characters of Cesare, Lucrezia, Rodrigo and Giulia
When asked about TV shows on the Borgia family, at least 95% of those you ask will automatically mention "The Borgias" by Showtime. If you tell them there is another show, made by the French production...
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