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 22
... heard and seen as a child. © There are reasons why I want to write all this down here: the adventures of my youth, my life in the French court and the experiences which I've had since then and still have every day. A man who feels ...
... heard and seen as a child. © There are reasons why I want to write all this down here: the adventures of my youth, my life in the French court and the experiences which I've had since then and still have every day. A man who feels ...
Pagina 24
... heard about Imola and Forli, Cesena, Senigallia—I've probably been there, too. I remember Camerino only because when Cesare took possession of it, I played a role in the solemn ceremony that was performed there. The previous owners of ...
... heard about Imola and Forli, Cesena, Senigallia—I've probably been there, too. I remember Camerino only because when Cesare took possession of it, I played a role in the solemn ceremony that was performed there. The previous owners of ...
Pagina 25
... heard that no one has entered there since the days of Pope Julius. I haven't requested admittance yet—if only to avoid giving away a long-cherished, secret desire. Sometimes, standing in the Belvedere court, I look up at the open ...
... heard that no one has entered there since the days of Pope Julius. I haven't requested admittance yet—if only to avoid giving away a long-cherished, secret desire. Sometimes, standing in the Belvedere court, I look up at the open ...
Pagina 27
... heard Cesare use: matrema, little mother. She came to me, her black garments rustling, so quickly and angrily that it seemed as though she had been waiting for me to wake. "Be still, you'll wake Rodrigo. Lie down." She pushed me ...
... heard Cesare use: matrema, little mother. She came to me, her black garments rustling, so quickly and angrily that it seemed as though she had been waiting for me to wake. "Be still, you'll wake Rodrigo. Lie down." She pushed me ...
Pagina 28
... heard the news." "Why are they shouting, matrema?" "You don't remember much of what you're told. What did Fra Baccio say in the story when the stranger asked him when Rome was at its most cheerful? —When a pope dies." "Where are we now ...
... heard the news." "Why are they shouting, matrema?" "You don't remember much of what you're told. What did Fra Baccio say in the story when the stranger asked him when Rome was at its most cheerful? —When a pope dies." "Where are we now ...
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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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