The Scarlet City: A Novel of 16th-century ItalyAcademy Chicago Publishers, 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 sixteenthcentury Rome. |
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Pagina 105
... Bari - we were already familiar with that custom . Isabella never forgot that she was from Aragon . She had a regal manner , the austere distinctive grace and restrained passion of the great women of the romances - Dõna Ximena , Dōna ...
... Bari - we were already familiar with that custom . Isabella never forgot that she was from Aragon . She had a regal manner , the austere distinctive grace and restrained passion of the great women of the romances - Dõna Ximena , Dōna ...
Pagina 113
... Bari , I faced the fact that I did not know the purpose of my journey . I identified that purpose with the mys- terious female figure . Later , during my years of wandering in Naples , when I was violently tormented by doubt about my ...
... Bari , I faced the fact that I did not know the purpose of my journey . I identified that purpose with the mys- terious female figure . Later , during my years of wandering in Naples , when I was violently tormented by doubt about my ...
Pagina 123
... Bari ; later it was his betrayal of Sforza which caused me to take service under the commander of Naples , Fabrizio Colonna . After Rodrigo's death , I began to think of leaving Bari . I was fifteen years old , old enough to stand on my ...
... Bari ; later it was his betrayal of Sforza which caused me to take service under the commander of Naples , Fabrizio Colonna . After Rodrigo's death , I began to think of leaving Bari . I was fifteen years old , old enough to stand on my ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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