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 38
... Spaniards , a style which suited us better than French elegance or the Italian grand manner . Speaking of this , I remember something that happened when I was fighting in the Pyrenees for King Francis . That was in '21 . The Spaniards ...
... Spaniards , a style which suited us better than French elegance or the Italian grand manner . Speaking of this , I remember something that happened when I was fighting in the Pyrenees for King Francis . That was in '21 . The Spaniards ...
Pagina 340
... Spaniards . During the advance of the Imperial troops on Rome , the Co- lonna had planned to join the Spaniards as soon as they entered the city . It was taken for granted that there would be looting . But no one had any notion that ...
... Spaniards . During the advance of the Imperial troops on Rome , the Co- lonna had planned to join the Spaniards as soon as they entered the city . It was taken for granted that there would be looting . But no one had any notion that ...
Pagina 343
... Spaniards who , obsessed by the idea that valuables must still lie hidden in graves , moved from church to church ... Spaniards and Germans forcing their countrymen to deliver citizen refugees to them by the hundreds . Spanish prelates ...
... Spaniards who , obsessed by the idea that valuables must still lie hidden in graves , moved from church to church ... Spaniards and Germans forcing their countrymen to deliver citizen refugees to them by the hundreds . Spanish prelates ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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