Watching tv

It’s odd watching “The Borgias” on Showtime.  The show is such a mix of legend and history.  They do not perpetrate the tale that Lucretia poisoned her many husbands.  And they make it obvious that she was a pawn for her family.  But they do condemn Cesare for killing his oldest brother when apparently that legend started much later.  The television show leaves another brother out altogether.   

I do remember marveling, when I read Barbara Tuchman’s book, that they were all so young.  Cesare was 18 when he was made cardinal.  Lucretia was married at 13.  A lot of the murders were probably a symptom of hot headed youth.  We are probably seeing the same type of quick tempers in our own streets--without the lace and velvet---and with guns instead of swords. 

 

Exhausted.  Going to bed.