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 20
... never—in my presence—his inglorious end. If his name came up, it was usually in connection with current Italian politics: compared to my other countrymen who supported the French cause, Cesare appeared in a favorable light: he, at least ...
... never—in my presence—his inglorious end. If his name came up, it was usually in connection with current Italian politics: compared to my other countrymen who supported the French cause, Cesare appeared in a favorable light: he, at least ...
Pagina 21
... never forgot that the world extended beyond palace walls and the borders of a royal park. How could I? I carried the memory of my youth, of the early years with Cesare in the Romagna and at the Castel Sant'Angelo, of isolation in the ...
... never forgot that the world extended beyond palace walls and the borders of a royal park. How could I? I carried the memory of my youth, of the early years with Cesare in the Romagna and at the Castel Sant'Angelo, of isolation in the ...
Pagina 27
... never understand why she loved Rodrigo and not me. "Is there danger, matrema?" "Yes, danger to Borgias," she said, stressing the last word. She stood half-turned away, looking at me over her shoulder while she tucked stray wisps of hair ...
... never understand why she loved Rodrigo and not me. "Is there danger, matrema?" "Yes, danger to Borgias," she said, stressing the last word. She stood half-turned away, looking at me over her shoulder while she tucked stray wisps of hair ...
Pagina 38
... Never have I felt such an incessant, overwhelming need to call back memories of my youth. What possesses me, to return again and again to a past that holds nothing for me but confusion and upheaval? In France I was able to get rid of my ...
... Never have I felt such an incessant, overwhelming need to call back memories of my youth. What possesses me, to return again and again to a past that holds nothing for me but confusion and upheaval? In France I was able to get rid of my ...
Pagina 51
... never-ending stream of sound reverberated everywhere around him. To his left: a long row of closed doors studded with gilt and bronze ornaments; on his right, glimpsed through the tall arcades, an inner garden. On the pavement, pots of ...
... never-ending stream of sound reverberated everywhere around him. To his left: a long row of closed doors studded with gilt and bronze ornaments; on his right, glimpsed through the tall arcades, an inner garden. On the pavement, pots of ...
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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