by Mario Puzo, Philip Bosco
The Family is a fitting ending to a terrific writing career. Completed after his death, Puzo tells the story of the Borgias, what he considered to be the first Mafia family. It starts with the coronation of Rodrigo Borgia as Pope Alexander in 1492. Pope Alexander’s reign as Pope had little to do wit...
Clever, well researched and well written.I could not get enough.this is historical fiction at its best.If you enjoyed the sicilian and the godfather then you have to read the family
Now I want to read the second part, but there is no second part. Bummer. It gives you this feeling of a series, you know what I mean? That feeling that there is more behind that character, and that there are more plots and more betrayals and more of everything in this field, and that it could go on ...
The topic - the Borgia family - is great, however I just couldn't get into the writing style of this book. I don't believe I've read anything else by Puzo (just seen the movie!), so I'm not sure if this is his usual style, or if it's because he passed away without finishing the novel. I thought the ...
As luck would have it, I read this book once, and read Shogun right after, which actually made sense, historically and politically. I didn't even mean to do that. :)But aside from Puzo's being known for the Godfather, it is actually quite interesting to read Puzo's take on Pope Alexander and his fa...
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