"The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre" by Marguerite is a gathering of short stories created in the 1500s. Presented as a series of tales told among ten characters sheltering from a flood, it explores themes of love, loyalty, and ethics within the constraints of its time. The book uses interesting stories to examine human feelings and connections. Each story looks closely at love, particularly how cheating and lying can cause problems. The storytellers are people from different social levels, giving a variety of viewpoints on love. These stories mix suspense, comedy, and lessons about right and wrong, as the characters think about their lives and other people's mistakes. Even though it is set a long time ago, the themes have significance today, giving insight into human behavior.
The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Edition
By Queen Marguerite
Stranded together, ten souls share tales of passion and betrayal, revealing timeless truths about the yearnings and failings of the human heart.
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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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