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 27
... stood Cesare's mother, Madonna Vannozza. I called her by the name which we sometimes 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 ...
... stood Cesare's mother, Madonna Vannozza. I called her by the name which we sometimes 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 ...
Pagina 28
... stood with her back to me at the open window, while the sun rose in the hazy sky and the bells of Rome pealed, alternately and together. The daylight brought the heat; a faint swampy smell rose from the town. From a distance came a ...
... stood with her back to me at the open window, while the sun rose in the hazy sky and the bells of Rome pealed, alternately and together. The daylight brought the heat; a faint swampy smell rose from the town. From a distance came a ...
Pagina 32
... come to the Castel Sant'Angelo. In his eyes, his face, his behavior, I sought an explanation of Vannozza's mysterious complaints. Peeling, raw patches—the result of his recent illness—stood out sharply against his –32– The Scarlet City.
... come to the Castel Sant'Angelo. In his eyes, his face, his behavior, I sought an explanation of Vannozza's mysterious complaints. Peeling, raw patches—the result of his recent illness—stood out sharply against his –32– The Scarlet City.
Pagina 33
... stood out sharply against his sallow skin, already disfigured by old scars. He had grown thin; at intervals a restless light flickered in his eyes. I found this odd: an unwavering, lackluster dark stare had always been characteristic of ...
... stood out sharply against his sallow skin, already disfigured by old scars. He had grown thin; at intervals a restless light flickered in his eyes. I found this odd: an unwavering, lackluster dark stare had always been characteristic of ...
Pagina 51
... stood in the sunshine. A group of workmen were repairing a wall under the supervision of a builder. Fallen hunks of lime, old stones, flakes of colored plaster, lay scattered about. It was quiet here compared to the noisy bustle in the ...
... stood in the sunshine. A group of workmen were repairing a wall under the supervision of a builder. Fallen hunks of lime, old stones, flakes of colored plaster, lay scattered about. It was quiet here compared to the noisy bustle in the ...
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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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