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 135
... feeling ill . There were moments when he hated that woman with her false serenity ; her suppressed feelings disturbed the si- lences between them . He tried to escape from her by holding conversations with friends , although these left ...
... feeling ill . There were moments when he hated that woman with her false serenity ; her suppressed feelings disturbed the si- lences between them . He tried to escape from her by holding conversations with friends , although these left ...
Pagina 164
... feeling of oppression . Between me and the high , red - brown walls of Lucrezia's dwelling - fortified , crowned with battle- ments , reinforced with towers - was only the mirror of the moat . Rows of dark window openings stared at me ...
... feeling of oppression . Between me and the high , red - brown walls of Lucrezia's dwelling - fortified , crowned with battle- ments , reinforced with towers - was only the mirror of the moat . Rows of dark window openings stared at me ...
Pagina 256
... feeling- sometimes anyway - that I've accomplished something when I write down my thoughts and memories between my dull clerk's chores . At first I thought that being appointed to Morone's retinue was a prelude to action . If Messer ...
... feeling- sometimes anyway - that I've accomplished something when I write down my thoughts and memories between my dull clerk's chores . At first I thought that being appointed to Morone's retinue was a prelude to action . If Messer ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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