{"product_id":"the-heptameron-by-marguerite-de-navarre-9780140443554","title":"The Heptameron","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fascinating and witty collection of stories, giving great insight into sixteenth-century France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1500s, five men and five women find themselves trapped by floods and compelled to take refuge in an abbey high in the Pyrenees. When told they must wait days for a bridge to be repaired, they are inspired—by recalling Boccaccio's \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e—to pass the time in a cultured manner by each telling a story every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe stories, however, soon degenerate into a verbal battle between the sexes, as the characters weave tales of corrupt friars, adulterous noblemen, and deceitful wives. From the cynical Saffredent to the young idealist Dagoucin or the moderate Parlamente—believed to express De Navarre's own views—\u003cem\u003eThe Heptameron\u003c\/em\u003e provides a fascinating insight into the minds and passions of the nobility of sixteenth-century France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072739361004,"sku":"9780140443554","price":56.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5d1a7e50ca8b3136d2c63c2de223a807.jpg?v=1765187178","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-heptameron-by-marguerite-de-navarre-9780140443554","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}