THE DECAMERON

2002, 810 STRAN - PAGES, BROŽOVANÁ - PAPERBACK, NOVÁ KNIHA - A NEW BOOK

Set against the backdrop of the fourteenth-century Black Death, an anthology of one hundred interlinked tales presents a rich variety of colorful works recounted by the citizens of Florence--nobles, knights, abbots, nuns, doctors, philosophers, students, peasants, pilgrims, thieves, and others--who have fled the city to escape the plague.