If people know about Cesare, they probably know about his father, Rodrigo Borgia, eventual Pope Alexander VI. He gets just as bad a rap in history as Cesare does, both fairly and unfairly. Canon does delve into Cesare's family a bit, with most of the attention going to Lucrezia and Rodrigo. They both have short chapters focusing on them, and ( Read more... )

Cesare has a complicated relationship with his family which I think is worth explaining more fully. On the one hand he has not lived with his parents or siblings since he was seven and there was some serious drama between them. On the other hand, the Borgia family sees itself as an island surrounded by clans that are untrustworthy at best and ( Read more... )