by Hella S. Haasse · El País. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498152296
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«La ciudad escarlata» is the historical novel by Hella S. Haasse, published by El País in paperback (349 pages, in Spanish).
Giovanni Borgia, after the Battle of Pavia (1525), becomes an adviser to Pope Clement VII; his investigations into his family background trace the evolution of the Borgias in Renaissance Italy and their web of family grudges, incestuous relationships and nepotism.
Originally published in Dutch as «De scharlaken stad» in 1952, this 2005 edition bears the subtitle «La novela de los Borgia».
For readers interested in Renaissance Italy, the papal court and the Borgia saga.
Hélène "Hella" Serafia Haasse was a Dutch writer, often referred to as the "Grande Dame" of Dutch literature, and whose novel Oeroeg (1948) was a staple for generations of Dutch schoolchildren. Her internationally acclaimed magnum opus is Heren van de Thee, translated to The Tea Lords. In 1988 Haasse was chosen to interview the Dutch Queen for her 50th birthday after which celebrated Dutch author Adriaan van Dis called Haasse "the Queen among authors".
