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