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 84
... seemed strange , because we have had no contact for a long time . The audience was brief : a legation had apparently arrived from Milan ; the Chancellor Girolamo Morone and his retinue . I've never seen the Vatican galleries so crowded ...
... seemed strange , because we have had no contact for a long time . The audience was brief : a legation had apparently arrived from Milan ; the Chancellor Girolamo Morone and his retinue . I've never seen the Vatican galleries so crowded ...
Pagina 126
... seemed to change as one looked at it . During that brief moment , with Isabella and Bona there , I saw at first cruelty and malicious mockery , then sorrow and compassion and finally it seemed to me that the mouth and eyes smiled ...
... seemed to change as one looked at it . During that brief moment , with Isabella and Bona there , I saw at first cruelty and malicious mockery , then sorrow and compassion and finally it seemed to me that the mouth and eyes smiled ...
Pagina 139
... seemed to slip into the background while Giberti , the Pope and I were the actors in the foreground in a play in which everyone but me knew the plot and the dialogue . The two men looked at me - they seemed tense , expectant : Pope ...
... seemed to slip into the background while Giberti , the Pope and I were the actors in the foreground in a play in which everyone but me knew the plot and the dialogue . The two men looked at me - they seemed tense , expectant : Pope ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars xi | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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