The Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre 1492-1549 creator Le Roux de Lincy 1806-1869 Dunker, Balthasar Anton 1746-1807 Freudenberger, Sigmund 1745-1801 Saintsbury, George 1845-1933 text utu 2006 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 3 (of 5)" by Marguerite is a collection of short stories written in French and published posthumously in 1558. Inspired by Boccaccio's Decameron, this frame narrative features stranded travelers sharing tales to pass the time while awaiting bridge repairs. The stories explore love, lust, infidelity, and sexual intrigue, revealing the complex romantic entanglements of nobles and royalty. Through clever plotting and irony, these true-to-life tales expose human passion and deception in Renaissance society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Preceded by vol II PG#17702 and followed by vol IV PG#17704 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heptam%C3%A9ron Release date is 2006-02-07 Produced by David Widger Originally published: London: The Society of English Bibliophilists, 1894 Love stories, French -- Translations into English Tales -- France -- Translations into English PQ London: The Society of English Bibliophilists, 1894 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17703 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17703 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133419.0 17703