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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... living in the court of the French King Francis I where he had met Luisa, Cesare's daughter by his marriage to the French noblewoman Charlotte d'Albret: when he first came to France, Giovanni took Luisa to be his half-sister. Cesare, who ...
... living in the court of the French King Francis I where he had met Luisa, Cesare's daughter by his marriage to the French noblewoman Charlotte d'Albret: when he first came to France, Giovanni took Luisa to be his half-sister. Cesare, who ...
Pagina 20
... living proof of the truth of the rumors circulating about Cesare before his marriage to Charlotte d'Albret. By now everyone knows that he suffered from the illness that the Italians call the French disease—a high price to pay, in my ...
... living proof of the truth of the rumors circulating about Cesare before his marriage to Charlotte d'Albret. By now everyone knows that he suffered from the illness that the Italians call the French disease—a high price to pay, in my ...
Pagina 34
... feel as though I were living inside a chameleon. Things are continually changing: titles, benefices, appointments, new parties, come and go with mysterious rapidity. One must adjust constantly: he who –34– The Scarlet City.
... feel as though I were living inside a chameleon. Things are continually changing: titles, benefices, appointments, new parties, come and go with mysterious rapidity. One must adjust constantly: he who –34– The Scarlet City.
Pagina 35
... It may be true that the Emperor received the news of the victory at Pavia with humility and prayers of thanksgiving. But his thoughts, his deepest desires, are known to no living soul. All princes are –35– Giovanni Borgia.
... It may be true that the Emperor received the news of the victory at Pavia with humility and prayers of thanksgiving. But his thoughts, his deepest desires, are known to no living soul. All princes are –35– Giovanni Borgia.
Pagina 36
... living soul. All princes are ambitious and as a general rule a prince doesn't become more self-effacing after a victory. Anyway, one thing is certain: his advisors and more especially his agents here in Rome are trying to spur him to ...
... living soul. All princes are ambitious and as a general rule a prince doesn't become more self-effacing after a victory. Anyway, one thing is certain: his advisors and more especially his agents here in Rome are trying to spur him to ...
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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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