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 125
... mother . While I spoke she sat motionless , with downcast eyes , a faint smile on her lips , in the attitude which I remembered so well . I looked down at her . For the first time I saw grey streaks in her hair , deep grooves running ...
... mother . While I spoke she sat motionless , with downcast eyes , a faint smile on her lips , in the attitude which I remembered so well . I looked down at her . For the first time I saw grey streaks in her hair , deep grooves running ...
Pagina 220
... mother is right . This is the only way . When she appears to be unwilling , rises in rebellion , her mother is al- ways there to remind her of the things she is not allowed to forget . " Do you think that you would have had a cardinal ...
... mother is right . This is the only way . When she appears to be unwilling , rises in rebellion , her mother is al- ways there to remind her of the things she is not allowed to forget . " Do you think that you would have had a cardinal ...
Pagina 291
... mother has taught her . These don't apply this time . She gives herself without reservation . She has forgotten the life she used to live . Let her mother sob and rave about the chances which are gone forever , that has no effect upon ...
... mother has taught her . These don't apply this time . She gives herself without reservation . She has forgotten the life she used to live . Let her mother sob and rave about the chances which are gone forever , that has no effect upon ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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