I’m excited to be working with Sarah Dunant to promote her new book, Blood & Beauty which was published on 2 May. It’s a thrilling prospect to delve into the Renaissance and the lives of the notorious Borgia family.

We’ve set up a new Twitter account @BorgiaBlood to give people an insight into the lives of the Borgias as well as the background to writing the book and the research that went into it. It’s fascinating stuff. Watch this space for more news!

Cesare Borgia’s “own moral compromise” is written on his face as he contracts syphylis… Sarah Dunant @bbcradio3 #BloodandBeauty

— Blood & Beauty (@BorgiaBlood) May 7, 2013