No woman of the Modern Era has been so battered by history as Lucrecia Borgia, daughter of Valencian Pope Alexander VI.

The image that has gotten through the popular imagination is the one of a libertine, incestuous, and evil mother who poisoned her lovers once her passion had been satisfied. This shameful image, far from historical reality, is largely due to the French writer Victor Hugo and his romantic drama Lucrezia Borgia, which inspired Donizetti's opera of the same name. The impact that both works had on the public was enormous and got through them in such a way that the name Lucrezia Borgia keeps being a synonym of depravity until today.

ISABEL BARCELÓ CHICO, Sax (Alicante), studied Philosophy and Letters at the Universitat de València. Until her retirement, she has worked as the head of inventory and control of the historic-artistic funds of the Historical-Cultural Heritage of Valencia City Council. Her literary work aims to restore and dignify the memory of women.

Her work Lucrecia Borgia (1480-1519) was also a finalist for the Premio de la Crítica de la Comunidad Valenciana of 2019 (a Critics Award from the Valencian Community) and has already got to its 5th edition. This work has been translated into Italian and presented in the Italian cities of Ferrara and Pésaro.