Really interesting bio on a woman who would have been cool to meet. Lev created an atmosphere of story in her writing that isn't seen much in historical biographies. That's a shame because it really worked here. She also excluded the "as professor Thaddeus McOvereducated stated in his book..." by...
[I think I should put a trigger warning here, because I talk a bit below about my reaction to the author's portrayals of sexual violence.]I really enjoyed getting the various legends straightened out with this biography. It's easy to see why Caterina Sforza's "famous last stand" story is so iconi...