The Scarlet City: A Novel of 16th Century Italy
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Book Overview
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... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0897333721
ISBN13:9780897333726
Release Date:August 2005
Publisher:Academy Chicago Publishers
Length:368 Pages
Weight:1.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 8.7"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Detailed historical fiction
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
If you've never read about this period in Italy, you'll have to write down a chart of who's who as you work your way through the book, but it will give you an opportunity to understand the interplay among the Italian cities, the papal cities, France and the Holy Roman Empire/Spain at this point in history. It's not an easy period to digest. If you lack familiarity with it you will have to put in some effort. If you ARE familiar with the historical setting, you will enjoy the book immensely. Hella Haasse is not an easy author to read if it's your first intro to a time period, but she is a fascinating writer to learn from.
It was ok
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
It was a puzzled book but fun because i got to read about other histriola peple
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