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 95
... talk to you face to face about Messer Girolamo Morone and the matter which brought him here . This is in all our interests . God grant that I'll be able to talk to you about it myself very soon . I've fastened all my hopes on your ...
... talk to you face to face about Messer Girolamo Morone and the matter which brought him here . This is in all our interests . God grant that I'll be able to talk to you about it myself very soon . I've fastened all my hopes on your ...
Pagina 224
... talk about him than about anyone else . He acts as if he doesn't notice , goes his own way , keeps quiet and provides material for fresh rumors . Maybe you can get him to talk , Tullia mia ? Who knows — in your arms he might become as ...
... talk about him than about anyone else . He acts as if he doesn't notice , goes his own way , keeps quiet and provides material for fresh rumors . Maybe you can get him to talk , Tullia mia ? Who knows — in your arms he might become as ...
Pagina 291
... talk and laugh too much with lovers . She peels fruit for him , plucks her lute , feeds the birds in the aviary , throws wood on the fire in the hearth . She realizes that it is just this ability of hers to maintain a distance that ...
... talk and laugh too much with lovers . She peels fruit for him , plucks her lute , feeds the birds in the aviary , throws wood on the fire in the hearth . She realizes that it is just this ability of hers to maintain a distance that ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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