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 120
... walls , and down a flight of narrow steep stone steps . We were strictly forbidden to go near that opening in the wall . Probably for that very reason , we played at that spot inside the opening in the wall whenever we had the chance to ...
... walls , and down a flight of narrow steep stone steps . We were strictly forbidden to go near that opening in the wall . Probably for that very reason , we played at that spot inside the opening in the wall whenever we had the chance to ...
Pagina 276
... walls should be ex- tended around San Miniato - of course that's a silly plan ; that hill is an obstacle - the wall ... walls with new towers , forts and ramparts . My head is so full of bastions that I can't think about anything else ...
... walls should be ex- tended around San Miniato - of course that's a silly plan ; that hill is an obstacle - the wall ... walls with new towers , forts and ramparts . My head is so full of bastions that I can't think about anything else ...
Pagina 330
... Walls , fortifications . He shrugged in silence and stared over the heads of the Council members at the blood - red ... walls were better than new walls still under construction ... besides , he knew that the post of proveditore would be ...
... Walls , fortifications . He shrugged in silence and stared over the heads of the Council members at the blood - red ... walls were better than new walls still under construction ... besides , he knew that the post of proveditore would be ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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