  ITALIAN PRISONS CHAPTER I THE CASTLE OF ST. ANGELO CHAPTER III THE GREAT SIEGE OF ST. ANGELO CHAPTER IV ADVENTURES OF CELLINI CHAPTER VI THE STORY OF THE CENCI CHAPTER VII THE ROMAN INQUISITION CHAPTER VIII LATER DAYS IN ROME CHAPTER IX THE PIOMBI OF VENICE CHAPTER X THE VICARIA OF NAPLES CHAPTER XI THE CAMORRA AND THE MAFIA
Alexander VI and Machiavelli From the painting by Francesco Iacovacci In the National Gallery, Rome The distinguished author Machiavelli holding conversation with Pope Alexander VI, in whose reign a contemporary writer says: “There is nothing so wicked or so criminal as not to be done publicly at Rome.” Machiavelli was imprisoned and put to the torture in 1513, but was released and seems to have escaped the fate of many. Alexander VI died by poison, which he and his son Cesare Borgia had prepared for a cardinal, who was invited to dine with them in their garden. Alexander VI and Machiavelli The distinguished author Machiavelli holding conversation with Pope Alexander VI, in whose reign a contemporary writer says: “There is nothing so wicked or so criminal as not to be done publicly at Rome.” Machiavelli was imprisoned and put to the torture in 1513, but was released and seems to have escaped the fate of many. Alexander VI died by poison, which he and his son Cesare Borgia had prepared for a cardinal, who was invited to dine with them in their garden. Italian Prisons ST. ANGELO—THE PIOMBI—THE VICARIA PRISONS OF THE ROMAN INQUISITION by MAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITHS Late Inspector of Prisons in Great Britain Author of “The Mysteries of Police and Crime,” “Fifty Years of Public Service,” etc. colophon THE GROLIER SOCIETY EDITION NATIONALE |
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