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 81
... Giberti's influence ? In retrospect I'm inclined to think he had a hand in this matter . We became friends in the Company ; he had my confidence . In the first year we often had long talks about the disasters in Italy , about the bitter ...
... Giberti's influence ? In retrospect I'm inclined to think he had a hand in this matter . We became friends in the Company ; he had my confidence . In the first year we often had long talks about the disasters in Italy , about the bitter ...
Pagina 91
... Giberti and Alberto Pio are pushing the Pope toward a League , but you're making a contri- bution there too . Giberti is very capable - a noble man — but not progressive enough ; Pio is a diplomatic weathercock . The ingen- ious moves ...
... Giberti and Alberto Pio are pushing the Pope toward a League , but you're making a contri- bution there too . Giberti is very capable - a noble man — but not progressive enough ; Pio is a diplomatic weathercock . The ingen- ious moves ...
Pagina 212
... Giberti and his followers , among others ? " " See for yourself ; don't the results speak for themselves ? Giberti is enraged , but he's powerless at the moment . If his position weren't so shaky , I'd have been sitting long ago in the ...
... Giberti and his followers , among others ? " " See for yourself ; don't the results speak for themselves ? Giberti is enraged , but he's powerless at the moment . If his position weren't so shaky , I'd have been sitting long ago in the ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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