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 67
... Ferrante Francesco d'Avalos , Marquis of Pescara . That was an alliance with favorable terms for both parties . She spent the years between the betrothal and the actual marriage at the castle of Ferrante's relatives in Ischia ; that was ...
... Ferrante Francesco d'Avalos , Marquis of Pescara . That was an alliance with favorable terms for both parties . She spent the years between the betrothal and the actual marriage at the castle of Ferrante's relatives in Ischia ; that was ...
Pagina 71
... Ferrante's aversion toward me . Those feasts were a hell . And yet I didn't really want it to end . It was out of the question now that we could live together again in the quiet of the Casa d'Avalos or in the castle in Ischia ... Ferrante ...
... Ferrante's aversion toward me . Those feasts were a hell . And yet I didn't really want it to end . It was out of the question now that we could live together again in the quiet of the Casa d'Avalos or in the castle in Ischia ... Ferrante ...
Pagina 361
... Ferrante and me inevitable , if I had to begin again , I couldn't choose otherwise than I have chosen . I was created to behave in a way that would repel Ferrante more and more deeply , and he himself could not help exciting me so that ...
... Ferrante and me inevitable , if I had to begin again , I couldn't choose otherwise than I have chosen . I was created to behave in a way that would repel Ferrante more and more deeply , and he himself could not help exciting me so that ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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