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 xii
... Lombardy. Death of Pope Julius II; his successor is Leo X, a Medici pope. Francis I of France, successor to Louis XII, defeats the Swiss at Marignano. 1519: 1521 : 1522: 1523: 1525. 1526: [1517: Giovanni Borgia –xii– Chronology.
... Lombardy. Death of Pope Julius II; his successor is Leo X, a Medici pope. Francis I of France, successor to Louis XII, defeats the Swiss at Marignano. 1519: 1521 : 1522: 1523: 1525. 1526: [1517: Giovanni Borgia –xii– Chronology.
Pagina 69
... Lombardy. He was gone for more than four years. © Wedded bliss. His Holiness certainly knows how to choose his words. For years Ferrante has avoided living under the same roof with me—and God knows I feel closest to him when we're apart ...
... Lombardy. He was gone for more than four years. © Wedded bliss. His Holiness certainly knows how to choose his words. For years Ferrante has avoided living under the same roof with me—and God knows I feel closest to him when we're apart ...
Pagina 71
... Lombardy, he was distinguished by his courage, his energy, his ability to organize. Vittoria heard him praised as the most capable general of his time. She couldn't think clearly when Ferrante was always with her; she could deal more ...
... Lombardy, he was distinguished by his courage, his energy, his ability to organize. Vittoria heard him praised as the most capable general of his time. She couldn't think clearly when Ferrante was always with her; she could deal more ...
Pagina 73
... Lombardy, Vittoria began again the laborious task of filling the empty space in her life. She stayed for a while in Naples, visited for a while with her only brother Ascanio in Rome. But it was Ischia that she loved, the castle where ...
... Lombardy, Vittoria began again the laborious task of filling the empty space in her life. She stayed for a while in Naples, visited for a while with her only brother Ascanio in Rome. But it was Ischia that she loved, the castle where ...
Pagina 81
... Lombardy: I mustn't make any attempt to lure him or my Colonna relatives into a political trap . . . I was really hurt and offended by his distrust. Of course I had never consciously been a tool in the hands of the French sympathizers ...
... Lombardy: I mustn't make any attempt to lure him or my Colonna relatives into a political trap . . . I was really hurt and offended by his distrust. Of course I had never consciously been a tool in the hands of the French sympathizers ...
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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