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 ix
... Florence, Venice, Genoa, Milan, were at the mercy sometimes of the French, sometimes of the Imperial forces. Intrigue abounded, in which the popes took a hand. The protagonist of this labyrinthine story, Giovanni Borgia, a mysterious ...
... Florence, Venice, Genoa, Milan, were at the mercy sometimes of the French, sometimes of the Imperial forces. Intrigue abounded, in which the popes took a hand. The protagonist of this labyrinthine story, Giovanni Borgia, a mysterious ...
Pagina 35
... Florence, Ferrara. Official and unofficial representatives of France and Spain are trusted guests. The events at Pavia have caused great confusion, because nobody knows where they stand now. The defeat of the French was completely ...
... Florence, Ferrara. Official and unofficial representatives of France and Spain are trusted guests. The events at Pavia have caused great confusion, because nobody knows where they stand now. The defeat of the French was completely ...
Pagina 51
... Florence—work which he found fulfilling and which, indeed, obsessed him. He was embittered at the loss of valuable time. The affair for which he had been summoned was too complicated to be resolved in a few days. He had sent letters and ...
... Florence—work which he found fulfilling and which, indeed, obsessed him. He was embittered at the loss of valuable time. The affair for which he had been summoned was too complicated to be resolved in a few days. He had sent letters and ...
Pagina 52
... Florence—a torment because he could no longer force himself to keep at the one nor let go of the other for a moment, so that he had not allowed himself a single hour of freedom. It was only right and reasonable that he had now been ...
... Florence—a torment because he could no longer force himself to keep at the one nor let go of the other for a moment, so that he had not allowed himself a single hour of freedom. It was only right and reasonable that he had now been ...
Pagina 54
... Florence. Enforced idleness, the worst torture. Keep moving physically and think, think . . . without that counterbalance, he would go mad. That part of his mind which relentlessly examined his thoughts and feelings for purity raised an ...
... Florence. Enforced idleness, the worst torture. Keep moving physically and think, think . . . without that counterbalance, he would go mad. That part of his mind which relentlessly examined his thoughts and feelings for purity raised an ...
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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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