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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... ................... 17 Pietro Aretino and Giovanni Borgia........... 41 Michelangelo Buonarroti......................... 49 Vittoria Colonna ................................... 63 Niccolò Machiavelli to Francesco Guicciardini ............
... ................... 17 Pietro Aretino and Giovanni Borgia........... 41 Michelangelo Buonarroti......................... 49 Vittoria Colonna ................................... 63 Niccolò Machiavelli to Francesco Guicciardini ............
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... Pietro Aretino and the courtesan Tullia d'Aragona. Each of these characters has his/her own story, each struggles with a private quest for fulfilment. The book can be read as a puzzle, dominated by the mystery of the infans Romanus ...
... Pietro Aretino and the courtesan Tullia d'Aragona. Each of these characters has his/her own story, each struggles with a private quest for fulfilment. The book can be read as a puzzle, dominated by the mystery of the infans Romanus ...
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... branch-covered pit, dug and filled with muck for that purpose. Up to now, no one has dared invite me to take a stroll like that, with a surprise at the end. II Pietro Aretino and Giovanni Borgia / \ h, Messer, The Scarlet City.
... branch-covered pit, dug and filled with muck for that purpose. Up to now, no one has dared invite me to take a stroll like that, with a surprise at the end. II Pietro Aretino and Giovanni Borgia / \ h, Messer, The Scarlet City.
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A Novel of 16th Century Italy Hella S. Haasse. II Pietro Aretino and Giovanni Borgia / \ h, Messer, my apologies! A man can't see. II. Pietro Aretino and Giovanni Borgia.
A Novel of 16th Century Italy Hella S. Haasse. II Pietro Aretino and Giovanni Borgia / \ h, Messer, my apologies! A man can't see. II. Pietro Aretino and Giovanni Borgia.
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... Pietro Aretino, recently made a Knight of Rhodes, poet, orator, pamphleteer, eulogist, critic, satirist, biographer of saints, mediator in the acquisition of works of art, antique and modern, confidential agent and correspondent of ...
... Pietro Aretino, recently made a Knight of Rhodes, poet, orator, pamphleteer, eulogist, critic, satirist, biographer of saints, mediator in the acquisition of works of art, antique and modern, confidential agent and correspondent of ...
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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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