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 22
... There are reasons why I want to write all this down here: the adventures of my youth, my life in the French court and the experiences which I've had ... there's no security anywhere, has to keep his own counsel. To speak The Scarlet City.
... There are reasons why I want to write all this down here: the adventures of my youth, my life in the French court and the experiences which I've had ... there's no security anywhere, has to keep his own counsel. To speak The Scarlet City.
Pagina 23
... there's nobody in the court of Rome who would dream of asking me openly what my intentions are. No one dares—at this ... There must be records of my birth in Ferrara, but I haven't seen them. I'm roughly twenty-eight years old, my name ...
... there's nobody in the court of Rome who would dream of asking me openly what my intentions are. No one dares—at this ... There must be records of my birth in Ferrara, but I haven't seen them. I'm roughly twenty-eight years old, my name ...
Pagina 24
... 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. The previous owners of the castle and estates, the Lords Varano, had been murdered or ...
... 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. The previous owners of the castle and estates, the Lords Varano, had been murdered or ...
Pagina 31
... There were threatening shouts behind us—life or death!—and the pounding of horses' hooves, while we pushed our way into a forecourt of the papal palace. I was pulled from the horse, half-carried, half-dragged between armed men rushing ...
... There were threatening shouts behind us—life or death!—and the pounding of horses' hooves, while we pushed our way into a forecourt of the papal palace. I was pulled from the horse, half-carried, half-dragged between armed men rushing ...
Pagina 35
... there's no way of predicting which way the wind will blow. The papal household is a tangled mass of functionaries, spiritual and secular, all with their own retinues, relatives, friends, favorites, servants and hangers-on. I have ...
... there's no way of predicting which way the wind will blow. The papal household is a tangled mass of functionaries, spiritual and secular, all with their own retinues, relatives, friends, favorites, servants and hangers-on. I have ...
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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