137

CHAPTER XVI

MURDER OF ALFONSO OF ARAGON 145

CHAPTER XVII

LUCRETIA AT NEPI 152

CHAPTER XVIII

CAESAR AT PESARO 159

CHAPTER XIX

ANOTHER MARRIAGE PLANNED FOR LUCRETIA 167

CHAPTER XX

NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE HOUSE OF ESTE 182

CHAPTER XXI

THE EVE OF THE WEDDING 196

CHAPTER XXII

ARRIVAL AND RETURN OF THE BRIDAL ESCORT 207

BOOK THE SECOND--LUCRETIA IN FERRARA

CHAPTER I

LUCRETIA'S JOURNEY TO FERRARA 229

CHAPTER II

FORMAL ENTRY INTO FERRARA 239

CHAPTER III

FETES GIVEN IN LUCRETIA'S HONOR 250

CHAPTER IV

THE ESTE DYNASTY--DESCRIPTION OF FERRARA 266

CHAPTER V

DEATH OF ALEXANDER VI 279

CHAPTER VI

EVENTS FOLLOWING THE POPE'S DEATH 293

CHAPTER VII

COURT POETS--GIULIA BELLA AND JULIUS II--THE ESTE DYNASTY
ENDANGERED 303

CHAPTER VIII

ESCAPE AND DEATH OF CAESAR 317

CHAPTER IX

MURDER OF ERCOLE STROZZI--DEATH OF GIOVANNI SFORZA AND
OF LUCRETIA'S ELDEST SON 326

CHAPTER X

EFFECTS OF THE WAR--THE ROMAN INFANTE 338

CHAPTER XI

LAST YEARS AND DEATH OF VANNOZZA 345

CHAPTER XII

DEATH OF LUCRETIA BORGIA--CONCLUSION 355

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Lucretia Borgia, from a portrait attributed to Dosso Dossi
_Frontispiece_

Trajan's Forum, Rome 16

Church of S. Maria del Popolo, Rome 20

Vittoria Colonna 30

The Farnese Palace, Rome 36

Alexander VI 44

Church of Ara Coeli, Rome 58

Tasso 82

Charles VIII 88

Savonarola