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 30
... realized that. The vindictive barons followed us to Rome. For safety's sake, Cesare put up at the palaces of friendly cardinals, sometimes here, sometimes there. We children scarcely had time to get used to the strange beds, had hardly ...
... realized that. The vindictive barons followed us to Rome. For safety's sake, Cesare put up at the palaces of friendly cardinals, sometimes here, sometimes there. We children scarcely had time to get used to the strange beds, had hardly ...
Pagina 31
... realized that we were fleeing through the corridor which connects the Vatican with the Castel. I know now that Cesare thought he would be safe there, inaccessible to his enemies, under the protection of Pope Pius, Alexander's successor ...
... realized that we were fleeing through the corridor which connects the Vatican with the Castel. I know now that Cesare thought he would be safe there, inaccessible to his enemies, under the protection of Pope Pius, Alexander's successor ...
Pagina 32
... realized that it wasn't gibberish. I could have been spared much uncertainty and doubt if I had been able to forget Vannozza's dark mumbling. When we lived in Bari, in the formal elegant court of our foster mother Isabella, my youth was ...
... realized that it wasn't gibberish. I could have been spared much uncertainty and doubt if I had been able to forget Vannozza's dark mumbling. When we lived in Bari, in the formal elegant court of our foster mother Isabella, my youth was ...
Pagina 35
... realized in Rome that the Emperor holds Italy in his power. The defenses of cities and principalities are in a sad state, according to reports from the ambassadors who are continually arriving and departing. The Imperial troops have ...
... realized in Rome that the Emperor holds Italy in his power. The defenses of cities and principalities are in a sad state, according to reports from the ambassadors who are continually arriving and departing. The Imperial troops have ...
Pagina 52
... realizing the extent of their impact. A portion of the advance payment he had sent to his father and brother: what was wrong with that? Everyone knew he had to support his relatives. Had he actually received more than the amount which ...
... realizing the extent of their impact. A portion of the advance payment he had sent to his father and brother: what was wrong with that? Everyone knew he had to support his relatives. Had he actually received more than the amount which ...
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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