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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... France are in open warfare . [ Cesare lures chief enemies to castle of Senigallia where he has them strangled . ] [ 1503 : Death of Pope Alexander VI . Succeeded by Pius III who also dies in this year and is succeeded by Julius II , a ...
... France are in open warfare . [ Cesare lures chief enemies to castle of Senigallia where he has them strangled . ] [ 1503 : Death of Pope Alexander VI . Succeeded by Pius III who also dies in this year and is succeeded by Julius II , a ...
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... France . ] Death of Emperor Maximilian I. His grandson Charles V , King of Spain , is elected Emperor , de- feating Francis I of France and Henry VIII of Eng- land for this throne . Strong enmity exists between Charles and Francis ...
... France . ] Death of Emperor Maximilian I. His grandson Charles V , King of Spain , is elected Emperor , de- feating Francis I of France and Henry VIII of Eng- land for this throne . Strong enmity exists between Charles and Francis ...
Pagina 130
... France I heard another version of that rumor . It would seem that Maximilian Sforza who had little interest in ruling Milan or in his marriage to Bona , was taken - not unwillingly — as a sort of prisoner to France where he had been ...
... France I heard another version of that rumor . It would seem that Maximilian Sforza who had little interest in ruling Milan or in his marriage to Bona , was taken - not unwillingly — as a sort of prisoner to France where he had been ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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