House of Borgia - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

The Borgias were infamous in their time, and inspired numerous references in popular culture including novels, plays, operas, comics, films, television series and video games.

  • Borgia by Mickael Zevaco
  • The Borgias by Alexandre Dumas, père
  • The Borgias and Their Enemies by Christopher Hibbert
  • Assassin's Creed: Renaissance by Oliver Bowden
  • Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood by Oliver Bowden
  • Prince of Foxes (1947) by Samuel Shellabarger
  • The Antipope by Robert Rankin
  • The Scarlet City (1952) by Hella Haasse
  • The Borgia Bride by Jeanne Kalogridis
  • The Medici Seal by Theresa Breslin
  • The Family by Mario Puzo
  • Queen of the Slayers by Nancy Holder
  • Poison: A Novel of the Renaissance by Sara Poole
  • The Borgia Betrayal by Sara Poole (sequel to "Poison").
  • Francesca by Valentina Luellen
  • I Borgia (Borgia), a comics tetralogy by Alejandro Jodorowsky (writer) and Milo Manara (artist)
  • Cantarella, a manga by You Higuri
  • Cesare by Fuyumi Soryo (manga)
  • Lucrezia Borgia, by Victor Hugo
  • Mirror, Mirror by Gregory Maguire
  • Dinastia Borgia Eglise et Pouvoir à la Renaissance: Compilation of music associated with the Borgias. Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall
  • Lucrezia Borgia (1833), by Gaetano Donizetti
  • Prince of Foxes (1949), starring Orson Welles
  • Bride of Vengeance (1949), starring Paulette Goddard, John Lund, Macdonald Carey
  • The Borgias (1981), BBC miniseries
  • Contes immoraux, a film by Walerian Borowczyk.
  • The Conclave, (2006), a film by Paul Donovan.
  • Assassin's Creed: Lineage (2009)
  • Borgia (2011), Canal + series
  • The Borgias (2011), Showtime series
  • The Borgias (1981), BBC Two series
  • Assassin's Creed II (2009), Ubisoft
  • Assassin's Creed II: Discovery (2009), Ubisoft
  • Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010), Ubisoft
  • Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011), Ubisoft

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