![]() ![]() 9780140443554 The Heptameron 46.4000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/fiction /shop/books/fiction/classics A fascinating and witty collection of stories, giving great insight into sixteenth-century France From the cynical Saffredent to the young idealist Dagoucin or the moderate Parlamente - believed to express De Navarre's own views - The Heptameron provides a fascinating insight into the minds and passions of the nobility of sixteenth century France. The stories, however, soon degenerate into a verbal battle between the sexes, as the characters weave tales of corrupt friars, adulterous noblemen and deceitful wives. When told they must wait days for a bridge to be repaired, they are inspired - by recalling Boccaccio's Decameron - to pass the time in a cultured manner by each telling a story every day. ![]() In the early 1500s five men and five women find themselves trapped by floods and compelled to take refuge in an abbey high in the Pyrenees. A fascinating and witty collection of stories, giving great insight into sixteenth-century France ![]() ![]() The stories, however, soon degenerate into a verbal. ![]()
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