With the pope dead and Cæsar Borgia in exile, the Spada family never regains its former glory — and rumors swirl that Cæsar kept the fortune for himself.

In The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 18, Faria traces the family’s decline to his own time, when the fabled gold-cornered breviary, passed down for generations, remains in the possession of the Count of Spada, revered as a relic yet holding far more than sentiment.

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