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 11
... Lucrezia marries first husband , Giovanni Sforza . Charles VIII of France invades Italy . Charles VIII seizes Naples , but is forced to retreat by a coalition consisting of Spain , the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian , Pope Alexander VI ...
... Lucrezia marries first husband , Giovanni Sforza . Charles VIII of France invades Italy . Charles VIII seizes Naples , but is forced to retreat by a coalition consisting of Spain , the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian , Pope Alexander VI ...
Pagina 184
... Lucrezia took the pieces from me and smiled with a graceful gesture of self - reproach — a show intended for the many eyes which were looking in our direction - but the trembling of her lips , the wild blind gleam in her eyes , did not ...
... Lucrezia took the pieces from me and smiled with a graceful gesture of self - reproach — a show intended for the many eyes which were looking in our direction - but the trembling of her lips , the wild blind gleam in her eyes , did not ...
Pagina 191
... Lucrezia saw to it that my purse was always full , gave me gifts in the form of clothing and useful objects . She even went so far as to make me a present of one of her dwarves , a brother or cousin of Anna la loca . Out of politeness ...
... Lucrezia saw to it that my purse was always full , gave me gifts in the form of clothing and useful objects . She even went so far as to make me a present of one of her dwarves , a brother or cousin of Anna la loca . Out of politeness ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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