Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. V of V by Margaret, Queen of Navarre, Fiction, Classics, Literary, Action & Adventure 12+

📙 "There is no woman but knows what her belief should be -- namely, never to doubt the Word of God . . . or to believe the word of man!"Detained in an inn by a flood, a group of garrulous travelers entertain one another with stories of villainy, cupidity and cruelty -- and of love, in all its forms. Here in the fifth volume of the Heptameron are to be found the caprices and deceptions of wayward merchants, callous dukes and avaricious abbots!Margaret of Valois, also known as Queen Margot (1553-1615), was famed not only for her beauty but also her literary skills. Her Contes de la Reine de Navarre were later renamed Heptameron, after the model of Boccaccio's Decameron.