From the Book - First Edition.
Prologue: One whom all did fear
Part one. Alonso, from out of nowhere
Background: The road to Rome
Surprises, disappointments, hope
Background: Il Regno-The Kingdom
Pope and King, friends no more
Background: Amazing Italy
Background: The men in the Red Hats
Part two. Rodrigo, a long apprenticeship
Background: The eternal City, eternally reborn
Pius II : Troubles rumored and real
Paul II : The poisoned chalice
Background: The inextinguishable evil-heads
Sixtus IV : Disturbing the peace
Background: War, Italian style
Innocent VIII : Plumbing the depths
Part three. Alexander, Pope at last
Background: Madness and Milan
Background: The paternity question : An "Apology"
Background: Florence : An anti-renaissance
Background: The young ones
Part four. Cesare, Caesar or nothing
Background: Venice, serene no more
Background: The Angel's Castle
"Longing for greatness and renown"
Background: The newest profession
Background: The great discoveries
Background: Superstitions : Another side of the renaissance
Examining old assumptions.
