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
... army, he had been living in the court of the French King Francis I where he had met Luisa, Cesare's daughter by his marriage to the French noblewoman Charlotte d'Albret: when he first came to France, Giovanni took Luisa to be his half ...
... army, he had been living in the court of the French King Francis I where he had met Luisa, Cesare's daughter by his marriage to the French noblewoman Charlotte d'Albret: when he first came to France, Giovanni took Luisa to be his half ...
Pagina xiv
... army of mutinous German mercenaries and Spaniards under Charles de Bourbon, an enemy of Francis I, against him. In May of 1527 Rome is sacked for a full week by this army, and the Pope is trapped in the Castel Sant'Angelo. Francis ...
... army of mutinous German mercenaries and Spaniards under Charles de Bourbon, an enemy of Francis I, against him. In May of 1527 Rome is sacked for a full week by this army, and the Pope is trapped in the Castel Sant'Angelo. Francis ...
Pagina 15
... Army, 1496 in. Maria Enriquez (died 1520) |Juan (1494-1543) Third Duke of Gandia | Isabella (1498-1557) Abbess of Convent of Poor Clares, Gandia | | Lucrezia Gioffredo (1480–1519) (1481?-1518?) Im. Prince of Squillace 1. Giovanni Sforza ...
... Army, 1496 in. Maria Enriquez (died 1520) |Juan (1494-1543) Third Duke of Gandia | Isabella (1498-1557) Abbess of Convent of Poor Clares, Gandia | | Lucrezia Gioffredo (1480–1519) (1481?-1518?) Im. Prince of Squillace 1. Giovanni Sforza ...
Pagina 37
... army. I believe that I have all the necessary qualifications for military service: courage, skill, adaptability. My men respected me and I knew how to obey my superiors. After the disturbance in Navarre, I was given a permanent ...
... army. I believe that I have all the necessary qualifications for military service: courage, skill, adaptability. My men respected me and I knew how to obey my superiors. After the disturbance in Navarre, I was given a permanent ...
Pagina 39
... army was made up of Gascons, Basques and Navarese; I belonged to the King's men-at-arms. After some skirmishes near the city of Pamplona, my men found a wounded Spaniard among the bushes by the side of the road. * I spoke to him in his ...
... army was made up of Gascons, Basques and Navarese; I belonged to the King's men-at-arms. After some skirmishes near the city of Pamplona, my men found a wounded Spaniard among the bushes by the side of the road. * I spoke to him in his ...
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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