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 82
... told that she was in disgrace with the Pope . She immersed herself in good works and medi- tation , but she could not forget the bitterness of that experience . In Rome the mood was divided between dismay and high ex- citement . Ascanio ...
... told that she was in disgrace with the Pope . She immersed herself in good works and medi- tation , but she could not forget the bitterness of that experience . In Rome the mood was divided between dismay and high ex- citement . Ascanio ...
Pagina 140
... told me , I see that moment in the reception room of the Vatican in a different light . The Pope wasn't trying to insult me when he mentioned Ferrante's homecoming and his dissatisfaction with the Emperor ... There was some other ...
... told me , I see that moment in the reception room of the Vatican in a different light . The Pope wasn't trying to insult me when he mentioned Ferrante's homecoming and his dissatisfaction with the Emperor ... There was some other ...
Pagina 194
... told me that he was going to hold discussions with the King of France on behalf of Ferrara and Venice . If I travelled with him , he would introduce me to the French court . I was much taken with this plan . It would — I thought then ...
... told me that he was going to hold discussions with the King of France on behalf of Ferrara and Venice . If I travelled with him , he would introduce me to the French court . I was much taken with this plan . It would — I thought then ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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