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 219
... hair , an occupation which requires the whole day and the utmost concentration . She is alone , no serving - maid , no friend , not even her mother keeps her company in the burning sun . Any- one whose hair does not need washing shuns ...
... hair , an occupation which requires the whole day and the utmost concentration . She is alone , no serving - maid , no friend , not even her mother keeps her company in the burning sun . Any- one whose hair does not need washing shuns ...
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... hair , newly washed and unruly — a golden shimmering weight . I would never have sus- pected that a woman's hair could be so thick , so long . Even if no one had told me , I would have realized that I must imagine Lu- crezia's legendary ...
... hair , newly washed and unruly — a golden shimmering weight . I would never have sus- pected that a woman's hair could be so thick , so long . Even if no one had told me , I would have realized that I must imagine Lu- crezia's legendary ...
Pagina 283
... hair in her coiffure , that Imperia , it's a totally different shade , she'd give ten years of her life to have hair as thick as yours , that's why it's an everlasting sin and shame the way you neglect it , oh the rubbish you wash it ...
... hair in her coiffure , that Imperia , it's a totally different shade , she'd give ten years of her life to have hair as thick as yours , that's why it's an everlasting sin and shame the way you neglect it , oh the rubbish you wash it ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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