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 29
... things. I know now why Micheletto rushed us headlong to the Borgo. The chests carried by packhorses and mules on that nocturnal procession contained, apart from our possessions, gold, silver and valuables from the pontifical treasury ...
... things. I know now why Micheletto rushed us headlong to the Borgo. The chests carried by packhorses and mules on that nocturnal procession contained, apart from our possessions, gold, silver and valuables from the pontifical treasury ...
Pagina 34
... feel as though I were living inside a chameleon. Things are continually changing: titles, benefices, appointments, new parties, come and go with mysterious rapidity. One must adjust constantly: he who –34– The Scarlet City.
... feel as though I were living inside a chameleon. Things are continually changing: titles, benefices, appointments, new parties, come and go with mysterious rapidity. One must adjust constantly: he who –34– The Scarlet City.
Pagina 36
... thing is certain: his advisors and more especially his agents here in Rome are trying to spur him to further action. At ... things. Apparently the Pope wishes to be considered a temporal authority—only as such, then, should he be judged ...
... thing is certain: his advisors and more especially his agents here in Rome are trying to spur him to further action. At ... things. Apparently the Pope wishes to be considered a temporal authority—only as such, then, should he be judged ...
Pagina 45
... Things are said about him . . . collects advance payment but doesn't deliver the work on time, or doesn't deliver it at all; runs after handsome boys, and not only to immortalize them in stone or paint . . . But a great artist, Messer ...
... Things are said about him . . . collects advance payment but doesn't deliver the work on time, or doesn't deliver it at all; runs after handsome boys, and not only to immortalize them in stone or paint . . . But a great artist, Messer ...
Pagina 47
... things aren't so simple . . . You can't do anything without substantial backing. Pope Clement is frugal and he has ... thing to have him for an enemy, I could tell you a little about that . . . It's an honor to be summoned by him, Messer ...
... things aren't so simple . . . You can't do anything without substantial backing. Pope Clement is frugal and he has ... thing to have him for an enemy, I could tell you a little about that . . . It's an honor to be summoned by him, Messer ...
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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