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 27
... stood Cesare's mother , Madonna Vannozza . I called her by the name which we sometimes heard Cesare use : matrema , little mother . She came to me , her black garments rustling , so quickly and angrily that it seemed as though she had ...
... stood Cesare's mother , Madonna Vannozza . I called her by the name which we sometimes heard Cesare use : matrema , little mother . She came to me , her black garments rustling , so quickly and angrily that it seemed as though she had ...
Pagina 67
... stood a statue of an ancient god . Fishermen had hauled it up out of the Bay of Naples . It was made of smooth yellow marble : a winged figure of a youth with closed eyes , who held a warning finger to his lips . When he was brought in ...
... stood a statue of an ancient god . Fishermen had hauled it up out of the Bay of Naples . It was made of smooth yellow marble : a winged figure of a youth with closed eyes , who held a warning finger to his lips . When he was brought in ...
Pagina 181
... stood in a corner , masked , hung like the others with frills and bells , attacked by misgivings . I rememberd the stifling feeling that had seized me when I teased Rodrigo about his childish fears . I stood again on the point of ...
... stood in a corner , masked , hung like the others with frills and bells , attacked by misgivings . I rememberd the stifling feeling that had seized me when I teased Rodrigo about his childish fears . I stood again on the point of ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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