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 124
... Maximilian Sforza , the Duke of Milan , the hand in marriage of her only remaining child , Madonna Bona Sforza . As the bridegroom's representative , Morone shoved a ring onto Bona's finger . He did it quickly and silently , making an ...
... Maximilian Sforza , the Duke of Milan , the hand in marriage of her only remaining child , Madonna Bona Sforza . As the bridegroom's representative , Morone shoved a ring onto Bona's finger . He did it quickly and silently , making an ...
Pagina 128
... Maximilian Sforza is a drunken brute , a womanizer , lazy and stupid . If I were a man , I would kick him out of Milan . But I'm a woman and the only way I can reach my goal is to creep into his bed . I'll recognize my son as a true Sforza ...
... Maximilian Sforza is a drunken brute , a womanizer , lazy and stupid . If I were a man , I would kick him out of Milan . But I'm a woman and the only way I can reach my goal is to creep into his bed . I'll recognize my son as a true Sforza ...
Pagina 130
... 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 promised an honorary post and a comfortable life . Whatever happened ...
... 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 promised an honorary post and a comfortable life . Whatever happened ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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