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Alexander VI and Machiavelli
From the painting by Francesco Iacovacci
In the National Gallery, Rome
The distinguished author Machiavelli holding conversation with PopeAlexander VI, in whose reign a contemporary writer says: “There isnothing so wicked or so criminal as not to be done publicly atRome.” Machiavelli was imprisoned and put to the torture in 1513,but was released and seems to have escaped the fate of many.Alexander VI died by poison, which he and his son Cesare Borgia hadprepared for a cardinal, who was invited to dine with them in theirgarden.
ST. ANGELO—THE PIOMBI—THE VICARIA
PRISONS OF THE ROMAN INQUISITION
by
MAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITHS
Late Inspector of Prisons in Great Britain
Author of
“The Mysteries of Police and Crime,”
“Fifty Years of Public Service,” etc.
THE GROLIER SOCIETY
EDITION NATIONALE
Limited to one thousand registered and numbered sets.
NUMBER 307
INTRODUCTION
The Tomb of Hadrian, or Castle of St. Angelo, as it has been cal