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 20
... feelings toward our lineage. On the one hand, pride, inborn Spanish pride in the fact that we both belonged to a race that had dared to challenge kings and emperors; but on the other hand, a secret gnawing doubt, a sense of shame which ...
... feelings toward our lineage. On the one hand, pride, inborn Spanish pride in the fact that we both belonged to a race that had dared to challenge kings and emperors; but on the other hand, a secret gnawing doubt, a sense of shame which ...
Pagina 22
... then and still have every day. A man who feels himself threatened and spied upon from all sides, who knows that he can't confide in anyone and that there's no security anywhere, has to keep his own counsel. To speak The Scarlet City.
... then and still have every day. A man who feels himself threatened and spied upon from all sides, who knows that he can't confide in anyone and that there's no security anywhere, has to keep his own counsel. To speak The Scarlet City.
Pagina 32
... feelings. Her eyes closed, her head thrown back, rocking back and forth as though she were in pain, she whispered accusations, entreaties, curses . . . these toneless whispers had nothing to do with us. When she behaved like that, she ...
... feelings. Her eyes closed, her head thrown back, rocking back and forth as though she were in pain, she whispered accusations, entreaties, curses . . . these toneless whispers had nothing to do with us. When she behaved like that, she ...
Pagina 33
... feelings. When I saw Cesare for the last time in his murky apartment in the Angel Castle, that magic power seemed to have left his eyes. As always, he had perfect control over his body and the expression on his face. He lay on his side ...
... feelings. When I saw Cesare for the last time in his murky apartment in the Angel Castle, that magic power seemed to have left his eyes. As always, he had perfect control over his body and the expression on his face. He lay on his side ...
Pagina 34
... feeling for the current situation and relationships at court and to find out the names of the most influential people. I thought that that kind of knowledge would be useful to me. But as it happened the opposite was true. The French ...
... feeling for the current situation and relationships at court and to find out the names of the most influential people. I thought that that kind of knowledge would be useful to me. But as it happened the opposite was true. The French ...
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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