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The Borgias: everything you wanted to know

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Is It Based on Biast Sources?

Alexander the sixth papers was written by people who are his enemies. And so a lot of history that was written about this period is biased, he says. The borges' fall from grace means they have had their fingers pointed at them much more often than other figures in Italian and papal history. Ammy: It's based on sources, a kind partly. But even if you're familiar with the tudor court, you'll know how vicious and dangerous it could be there.

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