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 53
... rumors . He could not , even in fits of the deepest despondency , imagine that the Pope would take an important ... rumor . He closed his ears to the echo of this intrigue , but it remained audible around him during his stay at the court ...
... rumors . He could not , even in fits of the deepest despondency , imagine that the Pope would take an important ... rumor . He closed his ears to the echo of this intrigue , but it remained audible around him during his stay at the court ...
Pagina 126
... rumors . It's bad enough that doubt has poisoned our thoughts , blurred our vision ... Giovanni , I shall write to Ferrara that I support your decision to leave . A man is what he wants to be . I think that you must be given the ...
... rumors . It's bad enough that doubt has poisoned our thoughts , blurred our vision ... Giovanni , I shall write to Ferrara that I support your decision to leave . A man is what he wants to be . I think that you must be given the ...
Pagina 162
... rumor that Madonna Lucrezia had had a child . Whether that was slander or not , the echo of that rumor has reverberated for a long time . My father demanded an official denial from Rome before he would allow my brother to travel to Rome ...
... rumor that Madonna Lucrezia had had a child . Whether that was slander or not , the echo of that rumor has reverberated for a long time . My father demanded an official denial from Rome before he would allow my brother to travel to Rome ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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