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 24
... remember names. Later I 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 ...
... remember names. Later I 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 ...
Pagina 25
... remember are the papal apartments. In a room with brightly painted walls which sparkled with gilt and sky-blue enamel, was a fat old man leaning comfortably back against the cushions of a state chair. He permitted us to kiss the ring on ...
... remember are the papal apartments. In a room with brightly painted walls which sparkled with gilt and sky-blue enamel, was a fat old man leaning comfortably back against the cushions of a state chair. He permitted us to kiss the ring on ...
Pagina 27
... remember most clearly about Vannozza are her eyes and mouth: the sparks in her black pupils, alternately glowing and dying, the shadows on either side of her broad fleshy upper lip with its faint moustache, which gave her face a look of ...
... remember most clearly about Vannozza are her eyes and mouth: the sparks in her black pupils, alternately glowing and dying, the shadows on either side of her broad fleshy upper lip with its faint moustache, which gave her face a look of ...
Pagina 28
... 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?" "In my house in the Borgo. Be quiet now, lie down. Don't let ...
... 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?" "In my house in the Borgo. Be quiet now, lie down. Don't let ...
Pagina 29
... remember that Gioffredo, Cesare's youngest brother, and his wife Sancia of Aragon, that man-crazed, unpredictable shrew, had fled from their palace on the other side of the Tiber to Vannozza's house, in deadly terror of the vengeful ...
... remember that Gioffredo, Cesare's youngest brother, and his wife Sancia of Aragon, that man-crazed, unpredictable shrew, had fled from their palace on the other side of the Tiber to Vannozza's house, in deadly terror of the vengeful ...
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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