KENYON, F.W. - The Naked Sword : The story of Lucrezia Borgia - (1st Edition Hardcover in Wrapper)

Book and wrapper still good but not perfect -  Published by Hutchinson in 1968 - Previous owner's name scratched through inside.   >>>   A story of Lucrezia Borgia.  He has written here not of the Lucrezia of legend, but rather of the true child of Renaissance that she was, illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI, with a lust for life and love, in a world of political intrigue and treachery.   >>>   Frank Wilson Kenyon (July 6, 1912-February 6, 1989) was a New Zealand novelist.   He  spent his childhood in Lancashire, England, until his family emigrated to New Zealand when he was twelve years old. There, his father ran a grocery shop and Kenyon started to discover some of the writers who would later influence his own work, including Dickens, Maupassant, Somerset Maugham and H.G. Wells. After leaving school, he worked in a department store before moving to London for two years in his early twenties to develop a writing career. He wrote many historical novels, particularly about famous people in history.   I actually call this type of book faction (fact mixed with fiction)