The Scarlet City: A Novel of 16th-century ItalyAcademy Chicago Publishers, 1990 - 367 pagina's The novel centres around Giovanni Borgia, a mysterious figure known in history as the infans Romanus, or child of Rome. Although he bears one of the most notorious names in all of Italy, Giovanni doesn't know his parentage. Is Cesare Borgia his father or his brother? Or is he no relation at all? Is Lucrezia Borgia his mother or his sister -- or possibly both? Hella Haasse uses the ferment and intrigue of the Italian Wars -- during which French, Swiss, Spanish and German armies surged into Italy -- as a backdrop for Giovanni's agonising quest for his identity. Giovanni's search introduces us to some of the most intriguing people of the times: the Italian patriot Michelangelo; elegant Vittoria Colonna and her estranged husband the Marquis of Pescara. We meet also lucrezia Borgia and her cruel, unpredictable husband, the Duke of Ferrara; the scurrilous writer Pietro Aretino and the seductive courtesan Tullia d'Aragona. Hella Haasse draws each with great depth and brilliant colour. |
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Pagina 67
... Ischia ; that was a breathing - space for her after an early youth full of disturbance and danger . The Colonna had been driven from their lands by the Borgia Pope Alexander , who had taken Nepi from them , their estate in the Romagna ...
... Ischia ; that was a breathing - space for her after an early youth full of disturbance and danger . The Colonna had been driven from their lands by the Borgia Pope Alexander , who had taken Nepi from them , their estate in the Romagna ...
Pagina 80
... I want to go with Ferrante to Marino , to Ischia . I would even put up with his summoning that Other if he longs for her .... It's not peace I have to thank for his presence , but war . An insult of fate , a mockery of -80- The Scarlet ...
... I want to go with Ferrante to Marino , to Ischia . I would even put up with his summoning that Other if he longs for her .... It's not peace I have to thank for his presence , but war . An insult of fate , a mockery of -80- The Scarlet ...
Pagina 356
... Ischia . " " Yes , of course , yes , but you have also come back from Ischia . That can only mean that you felt that your place was here , where you have a task to perform . I have never given up hope that you will someday become one of ...
... Ischia . " " Yes , of course , yes , but you have also come back from Ischia . That can only mean that you felt that your place was here , where you have a task to perform . I have never given up hope that you will someday become one of ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars xi | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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