The Family (novel)
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| name = The Family
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| image = [[Image:MarioPuzo TheFamily.jpg|200px|1st edition cover]]
| image_caption = First edition cover
| author = [[Mario Puzo]] <br/>compl. by [[Carol Gino]]
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| country = [[United States]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
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| genre = [[Historical novel]]
| publisher = [[ReganBooks]]
| release_date = October 2001
| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]] & [[Paperback]])
| pages = 304 pp (hardback edition) & 432 pp (paperback edition)
| isbn = ISBN 0-06-039445-5 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-06-103242-5 (paperback edition)
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'''''The Family''''' is a 2001 [[novel]] by [[Mario Puzo]].
The novel is about [[Pope Alexander VI]] and his family. Puzo spent over twenty years working on the book off and on, while he wrote others. It was finished by his longtime girlfriend, Carol Gino. Effectively his last novel.
==Plot introduction==
The book has a factual core, with fictional events used to create the unknown aspects of Pope Alexander VI, formerly Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, and his family's life. The book is peopled by real characters, including [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], and the real relationships with members of the [[List of Borgias|Borgia]] family. However, it tends to focus on the incestuous relationship between Lucrezia Borgia and her brother, which historically have never been proven. {{Fact|date=September 2007}}
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[[Category:2001 novels]]
[[Category:American novels]]
[[Category:Historical novels]]
[[Category:Novels by Mario Puzo]]
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[[pt:Os Bórgias]]
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