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 ix
... duke by Francis I; the Colonna family fought for the Emperor. Italian city-states like Florence, Venice, Genoa, Milan, were at the mercy sometimes of the French, sometimes of the Imperial forces. Intrigue abounded, in which the popes ...
... duke by Francis I; the Colonna family fought for the Emperor. Italian city-states like Florence, Venice, Genoa, Milan, were at the mercy sometimes of the French, sometimes of the Imperial forces. Intrigue abounded, in which the popes ...
Pagina x
... Duke of Ferrara. And the scurrilous writer Pietro Aretino and the courtesan Tullia d'Aragona. Each of these characters has his/her own story, each struggles with a private quest for fulfilment. The book can be read as a puzzle ...
... Duke of Ferrara. And the scurrilous writer Pietro Aretino and the courtesan Tullia d'Aragona. Each of these characters has his/her own story, each struggles with a private quest for fulfilment. The book can be read as a puzzle ...
Pagina xi
... Duke of Gandia. Becomes papal legate to the court of Louis XII with whom he makes an alliance.] Louis XII of France invades Milan, after first working out agreements with Ferdinand V of Spain and Pope Alexander VI whose son Cesare is ...
... Duke of Gandia. Becomes papal legate to the court of Louis XII with whom he makes an alliance.] Louis XII of France invades Milan, after first working out agreements with Ferdinand V of Spain and Pope Alexander VI whose son Cesare is ...
Pagina xii
... Duke of Ferrara.] [1506: Cesare Borgia finds refuge at the court of the King of Navarre. Meets Niccolò Machiavelli, who uses him as the model for the ideal ruler in The Prince.] [1507: Cesare dies in battle fighting for the King of ...
... Duke of Ferrara.] [1506: Cesare Borgia finds refuge at the court of the King of Navarre. Meets Niccolò Machiavelli, who uses him as the model for the ideal ruler in The Prince.] [1507: Cesare dies in battle fighting for the King of ...
Pagina 15
... Duke of Gandia, m. in. INFANS ROMANUS 1485 Pietro Matuzzi Gianandrea Cesarini Duke of Camerino (betrothed to and Nepi Maria Enriquez) (possible offspring of Lucrezia or Cesare?) Vannozza dei Catanei (1425-1518) Cesare (1475-1507) Bishop ...
... Duke of Gandia, m. in. INFANS ROMANUS 1485 Pietro Matuzzi Gianandrea Cesarini Duke of Camerino (betrothed to and Nepi Maria Enriquez) (possible offspring of Lucrezia or Cesare?) Vannozza dei Catanei (1425-1518) Cesare (1475-1507) Bishop ...
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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