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The Scarlet City
''The Scarlet City'' is a 1952 historical fiction novel written by Hella S. Haasse and originally published as ''De scharlaken stad''. The novel was translated into English in 1990. Summary The novel is set primarily in sixteenth century Italy, when Francis I attempted to establish the French in the country, just like his predecessors Charles VIII and Louis XII. Clement VII is Pope at the time that most of the events take place. It features Giovanni Borgia, the ''Infans Romanus'' of the House of Borgia. He has no clue who his true father is, and is determined to make a name of himself in order to overcome his unknown paternity. Vittoria Colonna is also another prominent character featured in the story. In an unhappy marriage to the Marquis of Pescara, she finds solace in the teachings of Gian Matteo Giberti and Caterina Cibo, wife of Giovanni Maria Varano. Other historical figures that appear throughout the story include Niccolò Machiavelli Niccolò di Bernardo dei Mac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
