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 59
... silence under the painted , vaulted roof seemed disturbed suddenly by a rustling , as if an immense multitude were ap- proaching in mortal terror , an apprehensive , lamenting horde , a swelling tidal wave of fear . The man below ...
... silence under the painted , vaulted roof seemed disturbed suddenly by a rustling , as if an immense multitude were ap- proaching in mortal terror , an apprehensive , lamenting horde , a swelling tidal wave of fear . The man below ...
Pagina 110
... silence confused me . My words echoed in the silence . It was the first time that I had openly called Cesare my father . I was excited at the prospect of traveling in a ship at sea ; I couldn't think about anything else . I forgot that ...
... silence confused me . My words echoed in the silence . It was the first time that I had openly called Cesare my father . I was excited at the prospect of traveling in a ship at sea ; I couldn't think about anything else . I forgot that ...
Pagina 290
... silence of the night , a new idea takes possession of her . Tullia is bewitched . Didn't the Borgia have their will of every woman , weren't they able to put all their enemies out of the way ? In the Vatican at one time , Il Duca had a ...
... silence of the night , a new idea takes possession of her . Tullia is bewitched . Didn't the Borgia have their will of every woman , weren't they able to put all their enemies out of the way ? In the Vatican at one time , Il Duca had a ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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