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
... past only to paper: he cannot talk to anyone in Rome because he trusts no one. His only release is to write down everything that has happened to him. And he does not do this chronologically: his mind travels over his —ix— Introduction.
... past only to paper: he cannot talk to anyone in Rome because he trusts no one. His only release is to write down everything that has happened to him. And he does not do this chronologically: his mind travels over his —ix— Introduction.
Pagina 45
... everything that's to be seen here, without being asked?" "Ah, you consider me an intruder; you find me annoying. But don't try to deny that you were eager to hear about the Duke of Camerino. What a stroke of luck that I was on hand to ...
... everything that's to be seen here, without being asked?" "Ah, you consider me an intruder; you find me annoying. But don't try to deny that you were eager to hear about the Duke of Camerino. What a stroke of luck that I was on hand to ...
Pagina 46
... everything about everybody at court. I'm at your service." "Your name, Messer?" "Are you claiming that you don't know who I am? You must certainly have heard people talking about me. I am Pietro Aretino, recently made a Knight of Rhodes ...
... everything about everybody at court. I'm at your service." "Your name, Messer?" "Are you claiming that you don't know who I am? You must certainly have heard people talking about me. I am Pietro Aretino, recently made a Knight of Rhodes ...
Pagina 48
... everything, I have the best contacts. I can show you the ropes in the Vatican and in Rome. Naturally, you want to see the city. I advise you not to go alone, particularly to Trastevere, Ripa and Sant'Angelo which are infected with ...
... everything, I have the best contacts. I can show you the ropes in the Vatican and in Rome. Naturally, you want to see the city. I advise you not to go alone, particularly to Trastevere, Ripa and Sant'Angelo which are infected with ...
Pagina 66
... everything I had to possess him. But that's over now, that's over . . . Why did His Holiness ask me to come to the audience? He spoke almost the whole time only to my friends from Camerino. He was polite to me, but his voice was cold ...
... everything I had to possess him. But that's over now, that's over . . . Why did His Holiness ask me to come to the audience? He spoke almost the whole time only to my friends from Camerino. He was polite to me, but his voice was cold ...
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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