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 225
... Tullia is still young . So Strozzi keeps arriving with rich presents and a heart full of worry and grievances that he can't air to anyone but Tullia . She is the Midas - pit into which he whispers what most upsets him : the complaints ...
... Tullia is still young . So Strozzi keeps arriving with rich presents and a heart full of worry and grievances that he can't air to anyone but Tullia . She is the Midas - pit into which he whispers what most upsets him : the complaints ...
Pagina 226
... Tullia longs , the more passionately the more she feels shoved about like a thing without volition by her mother , by Messer Pietro , by her lovers . Something kicks against the touching of her flesh , the pressure on her mind and will ...
... Tullia longs , the more passionately the more she feels shoved about like a thing without volition by her mother , by Messer Pietro , by her lovers . Something kicks against the touching of her flesh , the pressure on her mind and will ...
Pagina 229
... Tullia . . . " When Messer Pietro comes again , she goes to meet him straight from under the hands of the old women , barefoot , face and neck still smeared with a balm for whitening the skin . The Marquis of Pescara won over to the ...
... Tullia . . . " When Messer Pietro comes again , she goes to meet him straight from under the hands of the old women , barefoot , face and neck still smeared with a balm for whitening the skin . The Marquis of Pescara won over to the ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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