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
... waiting for me to wake. "Be still, you'll wake Rodrigo. Lie down." She pushed me ungently back onto the pillows. I could never understand why she loved Rodrigo and not me. "Is there danger, matrema?" "Yes, danger to Borgias," she said ...
... waiting for me to wake. "Be still, you'll wake Rodrigo. Lie down." She pushed me ungently back onto the pillows. I could never understand why she loved Rodrigo and not me. "Is there danger, matrema?" "Yes, danger to Borgias," she said ...
Pagina 30
... waiting. Horsemen carried us before them on their saddles. In the glimmer of torchlight I saw Cesare mounting; he had to be supported by grooms. We went through Rome at a quick trot. The rider who held me shouted something at a comrade ...
... waiting. Horsemen carried us before them on their saddles. In the glimmer of torchlight I saw Cesare mounting; he had to be supported by grooms. We went through Rome at a quick trot. The rider who held me shouted something at a comrade ...
Pagina 35
... waiting, secretaries, masters of ceremony, valets, officers of the watch and other people with more or less clearly defined duties . . . From sunup to sunset they all swarm through the Vatican's series of rooms. Half of Rome seems to ...
... waiting, secretaries, masters of ceremony, valets, officers of the watch and other people with more or less clearly defined duties . . . From sunup to sunset they all swarm through the Vatican's series of rooms. Half of Rome seems to ...
Pagina 47
... waiting needlessly. It's not a good 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. Perhaps it's a commission for you from the Datary?" "I don't know anything about ...
... waiting needlessly. It's not a good 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. Perhaps it's a commission for you from the Datary?" "I don't know anything about ...
Pagina 74
... waiting wife. I sent them to Ferrante who always reported punctiliously that he had received the pages in good condition. No more than that—and that taciturnity brought me to my senses. I was surfeited with flattery, and sick with –74 ...
... waiting wife. I sent them to Ferrante who always reported punctiliously that he had received the pages in good condition. No more than that—and that taciturnity brought me to my senses. I was surfeited with flattery, and sick with –74 ...
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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