Giulia Farnese: The Untold Story Of The Pope's Mistress

Giulia Farnese: The Untold Story Of The Pope's Mistress

Sasha Wren

Giulia Farnese, throughout her life, found herself in the company of Popes. Born to a noble family in what the world then knew as the Papal States, she got drawn into the political intrigue of the Catholic Church of the era, beginning an affair with one Pope and ensuring the rise of another. And while the holy men were the faces of these games of power, the cunning Giulia pulled the strings from the shadows…


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