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 83
... letter , to the letter , to the letter ! " The brothers of Montefalcone were evidently not ready for reform , because Fra Matteo and a half - dozen followers have separated themselves from them . Now they live as hermits in the forests ...
... letter , to the letter , to the letter ! " The brothers of Montefalcone were evidently not ready for reform , because Fra Matteo and a half - dozen followers have separated themselves from them . Now they live as hermits in the forests ...
Pagina 109
... letter to Messer Bonfiglio . " Here comes Don Giovanni , " said my foster mother . " Follow my instructions , Messer , unless something else is decided in Carpi . " I knew that these words marked the end of a long conversation which I ...
... letter to Messer Bonfiglio . " Here comes Don Giovanni , " said my foster mother . " Follow my instructions , Messer , unless something else is decided in Carpi . " I knew that these words marked the end of a long conversation which I ...
Pagina 127
... letter . From Ferrara she sent me money and clothes and a good horse . Isabella wrote letters of recommen- dation to friends and relatives in Naples . She did for me what she could . Yet I was aware of the relief beneath her sympathy ...
... letter . From Ferrara she sent me money and clothes and a good horse . Isabella wrote letters of recommen- dation to friends and relatives in Naples . She did for me what she could . Yet I was aware of the relief beneath her sympathy ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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