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 26
... seemed to us to be a part of Cesare himself, as inseparable from him as his shadow, but a shadow of flesh and blood, a replica, a creature emanating from Cesare, obeying his unspoken will. The chamber was full of people, servingmen and ...
... seemed to us to be a part of Cesare himself, as inseparable from him as his shadow, but a shadow of flesh and blood, a replica, a creature emanating from Cesare, obeying his unspoken will. The chamber was full of people, servingmen and ...
Pagina 27
... seemed as though she had been 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 ...
... seemed as though she had been 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 ...
Pagina 33
... 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, propped up on his left elbow, letting a perfumed ball roll back and forth—an habitual gesture— on the palm ...
... 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, propped up on his left elbow, letting a perfumed ball roll back and forth—an habitual gesture— on the palm ...
Pagina 56
... seemed an empty shell, a glittering form without substance. This new Rome looked as it had ten years before when he had watched it being built, but over the palaces, basilicas and bridges hung a cold empty light. The life had been blown ...
... seemed an empty shell, a glittering form without substance. This new Rome looked as it had ten years before when he had watched it being built, but over the palaces, basilicas and bridges hung a cold empty light. The life had been blown ...
Pagina 58
... seemed to him still full of warmth and life, still animated by the power of his passion. His face had been wet with sweat and tears and fallen drops of paint, his throat and nostrils prickled with the dust and fine grit which always ...
... seemed to him still full of warmth and life, still animated by the power of his passion. His face had been wet with sweat and tears and fallen drops of paint, his throat and nostrils prickled with the dust and fine grit which always ...
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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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