"Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Marguerite, Queen of Navarre" by Marguerite is a collection that highlights "The Tales of the Heptameron," a series of stories from the early 1500s, and engages readers with accounts of love, deceit, and right versus wrong during the Renaissance, portraying human experiences through different characters and storylines. "The Tales of the Heptameron’s" interconnected stories, told by different voices, explores themes of love, cheating, and the rules of society at that time with each story showing what comes from choices made by characters, often leading to unexpected outcomes that can be sad, funny, or make you really think. The stories show the wide range of emotions and moral problems people face, highlighting the complicated nature of relationships and moral choices, making the collection a powerful reflection on what it means to be human.
Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Marguerite, Queen of Navarre
By Queen Marguerite
In a world of Renaissance love and betrayal, a collection of intertwined stories reveals the humorous and thought-provoking consequences of human actions and moral dilemmas.
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About the AuthorMarguerite de Navarre, also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was a princess of France, Duchess of Alençon and Berry, and Queen of Navarre by her second marriage to King Henry II of Navarre. Her brother became King of France, as Francis I, and the two siblings were responsible for the celebrated intellectual and cultural court and salons of their day in France. Marguerite is the ancestress of the Bourbon kings of France, being the mother of Jeanne d'Albret, whose son, Henry of Navarre, succeeded as Henry IV of France, the first Bourbon king. As an author and a patron of humanists and reformers, she was an outstanding figure of the French Renaissance. Samuel Putnam called her "The First Modern Woman".
Marguerite de Navarre, also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was a princess of France, Duchess of Alençon and Berry, and Queen of Navarre by her second marriage to King Henry II of Navarre. Her brother became King of France, as Francis I, and the two siblings were responsible for the celebrated intellectual and cultural court and salons of their day in France. Marguerite is the ancestress of the Bourbon kings of France, being the mother of Jeanne d'Albret, whose son, Henry of Navarre, succeeded as Henry IV of France, the first Bourbon king. As an author and a patron of humanists and reformers, she was an outstanding figure of the French Renaissance. Samuel Putnam called her "The First Modern Woman".
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