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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A Novel of 16th Century Italy Hella S. Haasse. A Novel of 6th-Ce ntury taly ELLA. S. AASSE Author of In A Dark Wood Wandering THE SCARLET CITY HELLAS. HAASSE Translated by Anita Miller. Front Cover.
A Novel of 16th Century Italy Hella S. Haasse. A Novel of 6th-Ce ntury taly ELLA. S. AASSE Author of In A Dark Wood Wandering THE SCARLET CITY HELLAS. HAASSE Translated by Anita Miller. Front Cover.
Pagina 23
... darkness for the moment. I'm left in peace because they think I'm in the good graces of His Holiness's favorites. But I know perfectly well that I have to make good use of this quiet time, this respite. Uncertainty makes one vulnerable ...
... darkness for the moment. I'm left in peace because they think I'm in the good graces of His Holiness's favorites. But I know perfectly well that I have to make good use of this quiet time, this respite. Uncertainty makes one vulnerable ...
Pagina 26
... dark look was not for us, but for Alexander. Whenever I think of Cesare, I see him with that expression on his face—a look at once mocking, contemptuous and wryly amused: the sourly indulgent smile of one whose patience has been tested ...
... dark look was not for us, but for Alexander. Whenever I think of Cesare, I see him with that expression on his face—a look at once mocking, contemptuous and wryly amused: the sourly indulgent smile of one whose patience has been tested ...
Pagina 31
... dark and chilly, situated around a semicircular garden. On roof cornices and doors, and on the walls of the well in the garden, Alexander Borgia's arms were painted: crossed keys crowned with the papal tiara and the Borgia bull. We ...
... dark and chilly, situated around a semicircular garden. On roof cornices and doors, and on the walls of the well in the garden, Alexander Borgia's arms were painted: crossed keys crowned with the papal tiara and the Borgia bull. We ...
Pagina 32
... dark mumbling. When we lived in Bari, in the formal elegant court of our foster mother Isabella, my youth was disturbed by the suspicions roused by the courtiers' behavior: odd glances, stray words picked up by chance, conversations ...
... dark mumbling. When we lived in Bari, in the formal elegant court of our foster mother Isabella, my youth was disturbed by the suspicions roused by the courtiers' behavior: odd glances, stray words picked up by chance, conversations ...
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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