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 31
... Vatican buildings and the basilica rose darkly against the sky tinted yellow by the dawn . There were threatening shouts behind us - life or death ! —and the pounding of horses ' hooves , while we pushed our way into a forecourt of the ...
... Vatican buildings and the basilica rose darkly against the sky tinted yellow by the dawn . There were threatening shouts behind us - life or death ! —and the pounding of horses ' hooves , while we pushed our way into a forecourt of the ...
Pagina 84
... Vatican galleries so crowded . The guards had to clear the way for us . I thought I saw Messer Michelangelo Buonarroti in the crowd - it's not a face you forget easily . What can he be doing here ? I thought he had moved to Florence for ...
... Vatican galleries so crowded . The guards had to clear the way for us . I thought I saw Messer Michelangelo Buonarroti in the crowd - it's not a face you forget easily . What can he be doing here ? I thought he had moved to Florence for ...
Pagina 332
... Vatican , turned out to be true . Pope Clement had assigned Bandinelli , one of the court sculptors , to provide a Hercules . He remembered the humiliating audience as if it had happened yesterday . When his vehement protest was stopped ...
... Vatican , turned out to be true . Pope Clement had assigned Bandinelli , one of the court sculptors , to provide a Hercules . He remembered the humiliating audience as if it had happened yesterday . When his vehement protest was stopped ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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