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Felice della Rovere17 January 2005
the most powerful woman in Renaissance Rome?

Felice della Rovere was the illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II yet overcame all obstacles to become arguably the most powerful woman in Rome.

Caroline P. Murphy, author of a new biography of della Rovere, joins Jenni.

The Pope's Daughter by Caroline P. Murphy is published by Faber and Faber


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