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
... . The rider who held me shouted something at a comrade over my head. I heard, "Ostia . . . ships . . . sea. . ." But before I could grasp the significance of these words, an uproar broke out in the troop. The The Scarlet City.
... . The rider who held me shouted something at a comrade over my head. I heard, "Ostia . . . ships . . . sea. . ." But before I could grasp the significance of these words, an uproar broke out in the troop. The The Scarlet City.
Pagina 31
... troop. The battle cry of the Orsini reverberated between the houses; fighting was already at fever pitch in the vanguard. It didn't last long. Our column dashed back at full speed by another route, this time over the Tiber Bridge into ...
... troop. The battle cry of the Orsini reverberated between the houses; fighting was already at fever pitch in the vanguard. It didn't last long. Our column dashed back at full speed by another route, this time over the Tiber Bridge into ...
Pagina 35
... troops have suffered few losses and have not yet been disbanded. Who would dare to deny that this is an extremely dangerous situation? The Emperor has given repeated assurances that he has only the best intentions, that he wants peace ...
... troops have suffered few losses and have not yet been disbanded. Who would dare to deny that this is an extremely dangerous situation? The Emperor has given repeated assurances that he has only the best intentions, that he wants peace ...
Pagina 36
... troops nor money; no one supports him with enthusiasm. It's difficult to believe that only three years ago the selection of this Pope was greeted with shouts of joy. The Ecclesiastic State is lacerated by party strife: Rome, more than ...
... troops nor money; no one supports him with enthusiasm. It's difficult to believe that only three years ago the selection of this Pope was greeted with shouts of joy. The Ecclesiastic State is lacerated by party strife: Rome, more than ...
Pagina 73
... troops in Lombardy, Vittoria began again the laborious task of filling the empty space in her life. She stayed for a while in Naples, visited for a while with her only brother Ascanio in Rome. But it was Ischia that she loved, the ...
... troops in Lombardy, Vittoria began again the laborious task of filling the empty space in her life. She stayed for a while in Naples, visited for a while with her only brother Ascanio in Rome. But it was Ischia that she loved, the ...
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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