1Prologue
17The death of Giovan Battista Orsini
2The Ferrara War
18Caterina’s blue, blue eyes
3The young Tristano
19Return to Mantua
4Alessandra Lippi
20Lucrezia Borgia
5The Magnificent’s ring
21The “blackrose”
6The countess of Forlì
22Fallacia alia aliam trudit
7The siege of Otranto
23Imperia “la Divina”
8Don Ferrante and the reason for Naples
24The Formula
9To Venice
25In Portugal
10Habemus Papam
26From Naples to Florence
11announced Veronica
27The Chess Game
12At the court of Ludovico “the Moor”
28Madonna Lisa
13The “annus mirabilis” 1492
29The Truth
14Giulia “the Beautiful”
30Epilogue
15The dandy from Amalfi
31The author
16The French invasion and the indomitable Caterina
32Texts and sites consulted (for the original ITA version of the book)