Tales from a lockdown long ago.
In 1348 a group of ten friends leave plague-struck Florence for the countryside and, to keep their spirits up, they tell each other stories. The idea for the Decameron, one of Europe's great literary works, is born.
We've put together 10 of our favourite stories from Giovanni Boccaccio's epic to share with you in lockdown, nearly 700 years later.
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Tales from a lockdown long ago.
In 1348 a group of ten friends leave plague-struck Florence for the countryside and, to keep their spirits up, they tell each other stories. The idea for the Decameron, one of Europe's great literary works, is born.
We've put together 10 of our favourite stories from Giovanni Boccaccio's epic to share with you in lockdown, nearly 700 years later.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Passion And The Plague takes 10 stories from The Decameron, one of Europe's literary works of brilliance, to share with you.
In 1348 a group of ten friends leave plague-struck Florence for the countryside and, to keep their spirits up, they tell each other stories.
Now as we experience our a similar lockdown nearly 700 years later you can enjoy tales from Giovanni Boccaccio's epic while in isolation.
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