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
... Vatican: he is not sure who pulled the strings for him. But as he stands at his writing desk in the Chancellery of Pope Clement VII, Giovanni confides his past only to paper: he cannot talk to anyone in Rome because he trusts no one ...
... Vatican: he is not sure who pulled the strings for him. But as he stands at his writing desk in the Chancellery of Pope Clement VII, Giovanni confides his past only to paper: he cannot talk to anyone in Rome because he trusts no one ...
Pagina xiii
... Vatican.] Death of the Marquis of Pescara. Francis I's mother, Louise of Savoy, becomes Regent of France during her son's imprisonment in Spain. To win his freedom, Francis signs the Treaty of Madrid, ceding victory to Charles V. But ...
... Vatican.] Death of the Marquis of Pescara. Francis I's mother, Louise of Savoy, becomes Regent of France during her son's imprisonment in Spain. To win his freedom, Francis signs the Treaty of Madrid, ceding victory to Charles V. But ...
Pagina 23
... Vatican galleries are as crowded as the streets on market day; the walls have eyes and ears here and anyway, only fools, prisoners or madmen talk to themselves out loud. My writing doesn't attract any attention; it looks to be part of ...
... Vatican galleries are as crowded as the streets on market day; the walls have eyes and ears here and anyway, only fools, prisoners or madmen talk to themselves out loud. My writing doesn't attract any attention; it looks to be part of ...
Pagina 25
... Vatican for a while, 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 ...
... Vatican for a while, 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 ...
Pagina 26
... Vatican must have taken place in the last months before Alexander's death—that would have been in the summer of 1503. I was about six years old then. The summonses calling us to the papal palace which usually came every day from ...
... Vatican must have taken place in the last months before Alexander's death—that would have been in the summer of 1503. I was about six years old then. The summonses calling us to the papal palace which usually came every day from ...
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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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