The Scarlet City: A Novel of 16th-century ItalyAcademy Chicago Publishers, 2005 - 368 pagina's Although he bears one of the most notorious names in all of Italy, Giovanni Borgia doesn't know his parentage. Hella Haasse uses the Italian Wars as a backdrop for Giovanni's agonizing quest for his identity. Set against the backdrop of the Italian wars, this novel seeks to unravel the puzzle of Giovanni Borgia's true identity. Machiavelli, Vittoria Colonna, Michelangelo, the Borgias and the Medici are some of the characters who inhabit the secretive and dangerous world of sixteenthcentury Rome. |
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Pagina 43
... Listen , you can hear every Italian dialect here . And arguing and bragging and telling jokes ... Those cardplayers and dicethrowers there have found a more amusing way to spend their time ... That's right , go on , gentlemen , let the ...
... Listen , you can hear every Italian dialect here . And arguing and bragging and telling jokes ... Those cardplayers and dicethrowers there have found a more amusing way to spend their time ... That's right , go on , gentlemen , let the ...
Pagina 284
... listen to that jealous good - for - nothing of yours and his raving , he came to you nine times out of ten with empty hands , and as if that isn't bad enough , you cut your hair and wash it with something with- out asking my advice ...
... listen to that jealous good - for - nothing of yours and his raving , he came to you nine times out of ten with empty hands , and as if that isn't bad enough , you cut your hair and wash it with something with- out asking my advice ...
Pagina 354
... Listen , I need your help . I can manage Giulia's marriage my- self ; besides , His Holiness is well - disposed toward Urbino , he won't put any stumbling - blocks in my path - on the contrary . But there's still something else . You ...
... Listen , I need your help . I can manage Giulia's marriage my- self ; besides , His Holiness is well - disposed toward Urbino , he won't put any stumbling - blocks in my path - on the contrary . But there's still something else . You ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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