the family is about cardinal rodrigo borgia or pope alexander IV's family. Its set in the time of the renaissance and is masterfully written by sir mario.
here are my comments:
pope alexander IV isnt that subtle and impassive as don vito. also he is not that composed as don vito. He would brag about his wealth, unlike don vito who keeps himself in the datk concerning obvious wealth display. as in the book the godfather, don vito said that the family in chicago are primatives. I think pope alexander is like a don in chicago. but duarte or sir edward(i forgot the correct spelling) is an excellent consiglieri, much better than tom hagen. He is a cunning war time consiglieri.
i'm sorry for being so opinionated, but that is what i think and feel about that.