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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... Imperial forces . Intrigue abounded , in which the popes took a hand . The protagonist of this labyrinthine story , Giovanni Borgia , a mysterious figure known in history as the infans Romanus , or child of Rome , was born in 1497. We ...
... Imperial forces . Intrigue abounded , in which the popes took a hand . The protagonist of this labyrinthine story , Giovanni Borgia , a mysterious figure known in history as the infans Romanus , or child of Rome , was born in 1497. We ...
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... Imperial forces at La Bio- cocca . Death of Adrian VI , succeeded by Clement VII , Medici pope . [ 1524 : Francesco Guicciardini is made President of the Romagna . ] Francis I is defeated , this time disastrously , by the Imperial ...
... Imperial forces at La Bio- cocca . Death of Adrian VI , succeeded by Clement VII , Medici pope . [ 1524 : Francesco Guicciardini is made President of the Romagna . ] Francis I is defeated , this time disastrously , by the Imperial ...
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... Imperial forces with a hastily assembled army of citizens and farmers . The Pope doesn't like the idea of naming his nephew commander . He would do it only in case of the most dire necessity . I don't know the reason for his reluctance ...
... Imperial forces with a hastily assembled army of citizens and farmers . The Pope doesn't like the idea of naming his nephew commander . He would do it only in case of the most dire necessity . I don't know the reason for his reluctance ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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