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 23
... asking me openly what my intentions are. No one dares—at this stage—to show himself either for or against me. My name creates space, a no-man's-land between me and the others. Borgia—it's like the warning sign on the door of a ...
... asking me openly what my intentions are. No one dares—at this stage—to show himself either for or against me. My name creates space, a no-man's-land between me and the others. Borgia—it's like the warning sign on the door of a ...
Pagina 28
... asked him when Rome was at its most cheerful? —When a pope dies." "Where are we now?" "In my house in the Borgo. Be quiet now, lie down. Don't let me hear from you again." The harshness of her voice frightened me more than her severity ...
... asked him when Rome was at its most cheerful? —When a pope dies." "Where are we now?" "In my house in the Borgo. Be quiet now, lie down. Don't let me hear from you again." The harshness of her voice frightened me more than her severity ...
Pagina 32
... asked Rodrigo then what he thought Vannozza had been saying. But Rodrigo couldn't remember anything about our stay in the Castel Sant'Angelo. That's understandable: he was two years younger than I. Our sojourn in the Castle of Rome was ...
... asked Rodrigo then what he thought Vannozza had been saying. But Rodrigo couldn't remember anything about our stay in the Castel Sant'Angelo. That's understandable: he was two years younger than I. Our sojourn in the Castle of Rome was ...
Pagina 39
... asked him his name, where he came from. He listened attentively, measured me from head to toe with a sharp look. "You're a Spanish nobleman, as I am," he said finally. "Why are you fighting on the wrong side?" I took this remark as a ...
... asked him his name, where he came from. He listened attentively, measured me from head to toe with a sharp look. "You're a Spanish nobleman, as I am," he said finally. "Why are you fighting on the wrong side?" I took this remark as a ...
Pagina 44
... asked you to walk with me, Messer." "I'm not the slightest bit surprised that Varano and his wife have been with His Holiness. The Medici and Cibo families are hand in glove, as they say. But what's the significance of the Marchioness ...
... asked you to walk with me, Messer." "I'm not the slightest bit surprised that Varano and his wife have been with His Holiness. The Medici and Cibo families are hand in glove, as they say. But what's the significance of the Marchioness ...
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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