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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... Camerino only because when Cesare took posses- sion of it , I played a role in the solemn ceremony that was per- formed there . The previous owners of the castle and estates , the Lords Varano , had been murdered or driven away by ...
... Camerino only because when Cesare took posses- sion of it , I played a role in the solemn ceremony that was per- formed there . The previous owners of the castle and estates , the Lords Varano , had been murdered or driven away by ...
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... Camerino was passing by . A strange sensation to hear someone else called by that name which I myself , rightly or wrongly , bore for a time . This Giovanni Maria Varano must be the one , the only member of his family who escaped ...
... Camerino was passing by . A strange sensation to hear someone else called by that name which I myself , rightly or wrongly , bore for a time . This Giovanni Maria Varano must be the one , the only member of his family who escaped ...
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... Camerino , no matter how success- fully I give the impression that I'm worth more than the other man . The more I see and hear here , the more galling the thought becomes that I haven't got the right or the power to demand Camerino or ...
... Camerino , no matter how success- fully I give the impression that I'm worth more than the other man . The more I see and hear here , the more galling the thought becomes that I haven't got the right or the power to demand Camerino or ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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