The Scarlet City: A Novel of 16th Century ItalyChicago Review Press, 1 aug 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 sixteenth century Rome. |
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Pagina xi
... cardinal at age 17, resigns after the death of his brother the Duke of Gandia. Becomes papal legate to the court of Louis XII with whom he makes an alliance.] Louis XII of France invades Milan, after first working out agreements with ...
... cardinal at age 17, resigns after the death of his brother the Duke of Gandia. Becomes papal legate to the court of Louis XII with whom he makes an alliance.] Louis XII of France invades Milan, after first working out agreements with ...
Pagina xiii
... Cardinal Aleandro who takes him to Rome where he becomes a speechwriter in the Vatican.] Death of the Marquis of Pescara. Francis I's mother, Louise of Savoy, becomes Regent of France during her son's imprisonment in Spain. To win his ...
... Cardinal Aleandro who takes him to Rome where he becomes a speechwriter in the Vatican.] Death of the Marquis of Pescara. Francis I's mother, Louise of Savoy, becomes Regent of France during her son's imprisonment in Spain. To win his ...
Pagina 15
... Cardinal, 1493 Duke of Valentinois, 1498 Duke of Romagna, 1500 in. Charlotte d'Albret Louise | Juan (1477?-97) Second Duke of Gandia, 1488 Captain-General of the Papal Army, 1496 in. Maria Enriquez (died 1520) |Juan (1494-1543) Third ...
... Cardinal, 1493 Duke of Valentinois, 1498 Duke of Romagna, 1500 in. Charlotte d'Albret Louise | Juan (1477?-97) Second Duke of Gandia, 1488 Captain-General of the Papal Army, 1496 in. Maria Enriquez (died 1520) |Juan (1494-1543) Third ...
Pagina 25
... cardinals looked after us as our guardians. Of our many visits to the Vatican–Alexander couldn't seem to see enough of us when we were in his neighborhood—all I remember are the papal apartments. In a room with brightly painted walls ...
... cardinals looked after us as our guardians. Of our many visits to the Vatican–Alexander couldn't seem to see enough of us when we were in his neighborhood—all I remember are the papal apartments. In a room with brightly painted walls ...
Pagina 26
... cardinals barely showed themselves in the house in the Ponte, cool and dark as a tomb, where Rodrigo and I were believed safe from the fevers which rose from the marshes in August. Finally our nurses came, crying, wailing, repeating ...
... cardinals barely showed themselves in the house in the Ponte, cool and dark as a tomb, where Rodrigo and I were believed safe from the fevers which rose from the marshes in August. Finally our nurses came, crying, wailing, repeating ...
Inhoudsopgave
XI Tullia dAragona | 217 |
XII Vittoria Colonna | 233 |
XIII Giovanni Borgia | 251 |
XIV Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini | 269 |
XV Tullia dAragona | 279 |
XVI Giovanni Borgia | 295 |
XVII Francesco Guicciardini and Niccolò Machiavelli | 311 |
XVIII Michelangelo Buonarroti | 325 |
VII Vittoria Colonna | 131 |
VIII Francesco Guicciardini to Niccolò Machiavelli | 143 |
IX Giovanni Borgia | 151 |
X Pietro Aretino and Giovanni Borgia | 203 |
XIX Giovanni Borgia | 335 |
XX Vittoria Colonna | 351 |
XXI Giovanni Borgia | 365 |
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