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The Decameron
  • Published: 7 December 2010
  • ISBN: 9780451531735
  • Imprint: Signet
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 864
  • RRP: $17.99

The Decameron

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6 May 2003
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27 Mar 2003
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7 Dec 2010
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Set against the background of the Black Death of 1348, Giovanni Boccaccio's undisputed masterpiece recaptures both the tragedies and comedies of medieval life and is surely one of the greatest achievements in the history of literature.
  • Published: 7 December 2010
  • ISBN: 9780451531735
  • Imprint: Signet
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 864
  • RRP: $17.99
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About the author

Giovanni Boccaccio

Boccaccio was born in Florence in 1313. He later moved to Naples, where he became part of the circle at court and started writing books. In 1348, he witnessed the plague in Florence, which killed half the city's population and would become the backdrop to his masterpiece,The Decameron. In later life he befriended the poet Petrarch, who left to him in his will an ermine robe to keep him warm when studying on winter nights. Boccaccio died in 1375.
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