L'Ystoire de Eurialus et Lucresse, vrays amoureux, selon pape Pie by Pope Pius II
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"L'Ystoire de Eurialus et Lucresse, vrays amoureux, selon pape Pie" by Pope Pius II is a French translation published in 1493 of an erotic prose romance originally written in Latin in 1444. Set in Siena during the time of Emperor Sigismund, the story follows Euryalus, an unmarried confidant of the emperor, and Lucretia, a married woman, whose forbidden passion ignites through secret glances and letters. Their dangerous affair unfolds through disguises and
clandestine meetings while Lucretia's suspicious husband tightens his watch, leading toward an inevitable and tragic conclusion. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Saint-Gelais, Octavien de, 1468-1502 |
| Title | L'Ystoire de Eurialus et Lucresse, vrays amoureux, selon pape Pie |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Two_Lovers Wikipedia page about this book: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historia_de_duobus_amantibus |
| Credits |
Produced by Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr) |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Adultery -- Fiction |
| Subject | Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Translations into French |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 61383 |
| Release Date | Feb 11, 2020 |
| Last Update | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 299 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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