The Scarlet City: A Novel of 16th-century ItalyAcademy Chicago Publishers, 1990 - 367 pagina's The novel centres around Giovanni Borgia, a mysterious figure known in history as the infans Romanus, or child of Rome. Although he bears one of the most notorious names in all of Italy, Giovanni doesn't know his parentage. Is Cesare Borgia his father or his brother? Or is he no relation at all? Is Lucrezia Borgia his mother or his sister -- or possibly both? Hella Haasse uses the ferment and intrigue of the Italian Wars -- during which French, Swiss, Spanish and German armies surged into Italy -- as a backdrop for Giovanni's agonising quest for his identity. Giovanni's search introduces us to some of the most intriguing people of the times: the Italian patriot Michelangelo; elegant Vittoria Colonna and her estranged husband the Marquis of Pescara. We meet also lucrezia Borgia and her cruel, unpredictable husband, the Duke of Ferrara; the scurrilous writer Pietro Aretino and the seductive courtesan Tullia d'Aragona. Hella Haasse draws each with great depth and brilliant colour. |
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Pagina 125
... mother . While I spoke she sat motionless , with downcast eyes , a faint smile on her lips , in the attitude which I remembered so well . I looked down at her . For the first time I saw grey streaks in her hair , deep grooves running ...
... mother . While I spoke she sat motionless , with downcast eyes , a faint smile on her lips , in the attitude which I remembered so well . I looked down at her . For the first time I saw grey streaks in her hair , deep grooves running ...
Pagina 220
... mother is right . This is the only way . When she appears to be unwilling , rises in rebellion , her mother is al- ways there to remind her of the things she is not allowed to forget . " Do you think that you would have had a cardinal ...
... mother is right . This is the only way . When she appears to be unwilling , rises in rebellion , her mother is al- ways there to remind her of the things she is not allowed to forget . " Do you think that you would have had a cardinal ...
Pagina 221
... mother drives the holy terrors back to her again . Aristocratic idleness is dangerous ; more dangerous still is the innate Spanish pride in- herited from her father , a pride which prefers poverty and death to the loss of honor . Her mother ...
... mother drives the holy terrors back to her again . Aristocratic idleness is dangerous ; more dangerous still is the innate Spanish pride in- herited from her father , a pride which prefers poverty and death to the loss of honor . Her mother ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars xi | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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