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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... Cesare's daughter by his marriage to the French noblewoman Charlotte d'Albret: when he first came to France, Giovanni took Luisa to be his half-sister. Cesare, who had died in 1507, had then been dead for ten years. From recent ...
... Cesare's daughter by his marriage to the French noblewoman Charlotte d'Albret: when he first came to France, Giovanni took Luisa to be his half-sister. Cesare, who had died in 1507, had then been dead for ten years. From recent ...
Pagina 19
... Cesare's daughter by his French marriage. Since I still believed then that Cesare was my father too, I set great value on —19–
... Cesare's daughter by his French marriage. Since I still believed then that Cesare was my father too, I set great value on —19–
Pagina 22
... Cesare's retinue: his mother, Madonna Vannozza, stout, faded, with a shadowed upper lip, but regal in bearing and gesture; the shy, quick-tempered Gioffredo, his youngest brother, who was comfortable only with children and animals; his ...
... Cesare's retinue: his mother, Madonna Vannozza, stout, faded, with a shadowed upper lip, but regal in bearing and gesture; the shy, quick-tempered Gioffredo, his youngest brother, who was comfortable only with children and animals; his ...
Pagina 24
... Cesare's standard was flying from the damaged tower of the castle. Ducal Ducal the people cried, packed together in the alleyways and on the roofs of the houses. Cesare's armored hand lay on my knee. In a gloomy hall filled with armed ...
... Cesare's standard was flying from the damaged tower of the castle. Ducal Ducal the people cried, packed together in the alleyways and on the roofs of the houses. Cesare's armored hand lay on my knee. In a gloomy hall filled with armed ...
Pagina 26
... Cesare, I see him with that expression on his face—a look at once mocking, contemptuous and wryly amused: the sourly ... Cesare's captain, friend and confidant, the head of his bodyguard, his constant companion and frequent deputy: a ...
... Cesare, I see him with that expression on his face—a look at once mocking, contemptuous and wryly amused: the sourly ... Cesare's captain, friend and confidant, the head of his bodyguard, his constant companion and frequent deputy: a ...
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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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