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 33
... believe that others had noticed this too. It didn't surprise me to hear it said later that Cesare had the evil eye. Many—and especially those who had reason to fear him—must have believed that with that stare he could read their most ...
... believe that others had noticed this too. It didn't surprise me to hear it said later that Cesare had the evil eye. Many—and especially those who had reason to fear him—must have believed that with that stare he could read their most ...
Pagina 35
... believe these pronouncements. It's being said openly that the Emperor plans to come to Italy to teach His Holiness a lesson. It may be true that the Emperor received the news of the victory at Pavia with humility and prayers of ...
... believe these pronouncements. It's being said openly that the Emperor plans to come to Italy to teach His Holiness a lesson. It may be true that the Emperor received the news of the victory at Pavia with humility and prayers of ...
Pagina 36
... believe that only three years ago the selection of this Pope was greeted with shouts of joy. The Ecclesiastic State is lacerated by party strife: Rome, more than any other city, is polluted with the evil of political dissension. At the ...
... believe that only three years ago the selection of this Pope was greeted with shouts of joy. The Ecclesiastic State is lacerated by party strife: Rome, more than any other city, is polluted with the evil of political dissension. At the ...
Pagina 37
... 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 appointment in ...
... 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 appointment in ...
Pagina 40
... believe that I can assert a claim to the dukedom. Varano is the legitimate heir of a family that has been settled in Camerino since before living memory— naturally he's the legal owner of the lands and the title. What have I ever been ...
... believe that I can assert a claim to the dukedom. Varano is the legitimate heir of a family that has been settled in Camerino since before living memory— naturally he's the legal owner of the lands and the title. What have I ever been ...
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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