thehouseofborgia: Constantly together since they were children, they had grown up very much alike. L
thehouseofborgia:Constantly together since they were children, they had grown up very much alike. Lucrezia’s intelligence impressed close observers like Il Prete, but, dazzled by her golden hair and her famous charm, they failed to divine the Borgia toughness beneath the feminine skin. She shared with her brother the nerves of steel and incapacity for real feeling which had enabled her to survive the experiences of the last few years unscathed. Their mutual affection was based on similarity of character and outlook, and strengthened by the sense that the rest of their world regarded them as dangerous outsiders. [x] -- source link
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