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 x
... Marquis of Pescara; the tormented artist Michelangelo; the Italian patriot Machiavelli who is involved in desperate intrigue to free the country of the Emperor; Lucrezia Borgia and her unpredictable husband, the Duke of Ferrara. And the ...
... Marquis of Pescara; the tormented artist Michelangelo; the Italian patriot Machiavelli who is involved in desperate intrigue to free the country of the Emperor; Lucrezia Borgia and her unpredictable husband, the Duke of Ferrara. And the ...
Pagina xiii
... Marquis of Pescara, at Pavia. The French King is taken prisoner there and sent to Madrid. [Giovanni Borgia, who has been fighting for the French there, is also captured by the Imperials, but is rescued by Cardinal Aleandro who takes him ...
... Marquis of Pescara, at Pavia. The French King is taken prisoner there and sent to Madrid. [Giovanni Borgia, who has been fighting for the French there, is also captured by the Imperials, but is rescued by Cardinal Aleandro who takes him ...
Pagina 66
... Marquis of Pescara." A world of meaning in a few words. The Pope, Giberti, everyone who was there knew her circumstances too well to be misled by a self-possessed smile. The blood left her heart, her lips felt cold and stiff. She didn't ...
... Marquis of Pescara." A world of meaning in a few words. The Pope, Giberti, everyone who was there knew her circumstances too well to be misled by a self-possessed smile. The blood left her heart, her lips felt cold and stiff. She didn't ...
Pagina 67
... Marquis of Pescara. That was an alliance with favorable terms for both parties. She spent the years between the betrothal and the actual marriage at the castle of Ferrante's relatives in Ischia; that was a breathing-space for her after ...
... Marquis of Pescara. That was an alliance with favorable terms for both parties. She spent the years between the betrothal and the actual marriage at the castle of Ferrante's relatives in Ischia; that was a breathing-space for her after ...
Pagina 71
... Marquis and Marchioness of Pescara! The apartments they gave Ferrante and me were far away from each other—and there was so little space that we had to share our bedrooms with the members of our retinues. We were never alone together ...
... Marquis and Marchioness of Pescara! The apartments they gave Ferrante and me were far away from each other—and there was so little space that we had to share our bedrooms with the members of our retinues. We were never alone together ...
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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