by Hella S. Haasse · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401424229
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«La ciudad escarlata» is the historical novel by Hella S. Haasse, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (432 pages, in Spanish).
Set during the Italian Wars, the novel follows Giovanni Borgia in his search for his true parents, an investigation that brings him into contact with Machiavelli and Michelangelo. Amid Renaissance intrigues, the young man confronts the secrets of his lineage and a world of shifting alliances.
Work originally published as «De scharlaken stad» in 1952. This edition is the first from Plaza & Janés, with a translation by André Martín, in the Milenio collection (no. 211).
For readers of Renaissance historical fiction and Dutch literature, with a plot of intrigues and real figures of the period.
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".
