The Decameron (subtitle: Prencipe Galeotto ) is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353. It is a medieval allegorical work best known for its bawdy tales of love, appearing in all its possibilities from the erotic to the tragic.

Recasts the storytelling heritage of the ancient and medieval worlds into perennial forms that inspired writers including Chaucer and Shakespeare. This book hovers between the fading glories of an aristocratic past - the Crusades, the Angevins, the courts of France, the legendary East - and the squalor of contemporary life.

The Decameron (c.1351) was written in the wake of the Black Death, a shattering epidemic which had shaken Florence's confident entrepreneurial society to its core. In a country villa outside the city, ten young noble men and women who have escaped the plague decide to tell each other stories. Boccaccio's skill as a dramatist is masterfully displayed in this virtuoso performance of one hundred ...

Contains tales of love, eros, death and corruption featuring a host of characters from corrupt clergymen and mad kings to devious lovers and false saints.

Part of the Great Loves series which introduces readers to love's endlessly fascinating possibilities and extremities, this book features tales of lust, adventure and unexpected twists of fate, from the unfaithful wife who unwittingly eats her lover's heart to the sly peasant plotting to seduce a whole nunnery.

In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. They amuse themselves by each telling a story for the ten days they are destined to remain there - a hundred stories of love, adventure and surprising twists of fate.

A collection of tales from this medieval author, which were assembled in their definitive form between 1349 and 1351.

Presents information into Dante's unique character and life, from his susceptibility to the torments of passionate love, his involvement in politics, scholastic enthusiasms and military experience, to the stories behind the greatest heights of his poetic achievements.