History has not been kind to Lucrezia Borgia. Daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, who became Pope Alexander VI, she has suffered from her family name (her father was known for his deviant sexual activities). In his eponym play, written more than 300 years after her death, Victor Hugo created a black legend around Lucrezia Borgia, based on allegations of incest, poisoning, and murder on her part. But these rumors, mostly spread by the Borgias’ rivals, were never proven to be true. Nowadays, historians attempt to rehabilitate her legacy and demonstrate that Lucrezia Borgia was a victim of a cruel period for women.

Texts: Abdelhakim Rezgui, Clément Lesaffre
Host: Danny Wallace
Production: Axelle Gobert, Clément Lesaffre
Production assistant: Aimie Faconnier
Recording: Théo Albaric
Mixing and editing: Adrien Le Blond, Jimmy Bardin
International coordination: Martin Stahl
Original music: David Spinelli
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