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 xiv
... position in Italy. Charles V is crowned Emperor by the Pope at Bologna. [1534: Death of Clement VII. He is succeeded by Paul III, a Farnese pope.] THE FAMILY OF THE BORGIA POPE, ALEXANDER VI -T Rodrigo —xiv– Chronology.
... position in Italy. Charles V is crowned Emperor by the Pope at Bologna. [1534: Death of Clement VII. He is succeeded by Paul III, a Farnese pope.] THE FAMILY OF THE BORGIA POPE, ALEXANDER VI -T Rodrigo —xiv– Chronology.
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... Rodrigo Borgia (1431-1503) POPE ALEXANDER VI 1492 unknown women 2 Pedro Luis Isabella Girolama Giovanni Rodrigo (1462?-88) (1467?-1541) (1469?-83) (1497-1548?) (born 1503) First Duke of Gandia, m. in. INFANS ROMANUS 1485 Pietro Matuzzi ...
... Rodrigo Borgia (1431-1503) POPE ALEXANDER VI 1492 unknown women 2 Pedro Luis Isabella Girolama Giovanni Rodrigo (1462?-88) (1467?-1541) (1469?-83) (1497-1548?) (born 1503) First Duke of Gandia, m. in. INFANS ROMANUS 1485 Pietro Matuzzi ...
Pagina 22
... Rodrigo, the confidant and bosom friend of my youth. I was five or six years old then. I knew that we were in danger, but the how and the why were beyond me. Much later it all became clear to me. In the silence of the night, in ...
... Rodrigo, the confidant and bosom friend of my youth. I was five or six years old then. I knew that we were in danger, but the how and the why were beyond me. Much later it all became clear to me. In the silence of the night, in ...
Pagina 23
... said he wasn't, and because I lived in his immediate entourage with two of his other bastard children, Camilla and Carlotta. Later, Lucrezia's son Rodrigo joined us; we knew that Cesare had taken pity on –23– Giovanni Borgia.
... said he wasn't, and because I lived in his immediate entourage with two of his other bastard children, Camilla and Carlotta. Later, Lucrezia's son Rodrigo joined us; we knew that Cesare had taken pity on –23– Giovanni Borgia.
Pagina 25
... Rodrigo and I lived in a house in the Ponte quarter where two Spanish 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 ...
... Rodrigo and I lived in a house in the Ponte quarter where two Spanish 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 ...
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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