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 23
... papal library , covering sheet after sheet with words : drafting letters and speeches to oblige the lesser diplomats of His Holiness Clement VII . Papal scribe : a curious occupation for one who was brought up as a nobleman , who has ...
... papal library , covering sheet after sheet with words : drafting letters and speeches to oblige the lesser diplomats of His Holiness Clement VII . Papal scribe : a curious occupation for one who was brought up as a nobleman , who has ...
Pagina 31
... papal palace . I was pulled from the horse , half - carried , half - dragged between armed men rushing forward shoulder to shoulder through gal- leries and halls where the frightened screams of Carlotta and Camilla raised infinite ...
... papal palace . I was pulled from the horse , half - carried , half - dragged between armed men rushing forward shoulder to shoulder through gal- leries and halls where the frightened screams of Carlotta and Camilla raised infinite ...
Pagina 93
... papal official ; now you have to realize the stake in this game : a new conception of the State . The Sforza's Chancellor , Messer Girolamo Morone , has come to Rome from Milan . He had a long conversation with Giberti and later with ...
... papal official ; now you have to realize the stake in this game : a new conception of the State . The Sforza's Chancellor , Messer Girolamo Morone , has come to Rome from Milan . He had a long conversation with Giberti and later with ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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