The Decameron (c.1351) was written in the wake of the Black Death, a shattering epidemic which had shaken Florence\'s confident entrepreneurial society to its core.
Boccaccio\'s skill as a dramatist is masterfully displayed in this virtuoso performance of one hundred tales, vivid portraits of people from all stations in life, with plots which revel in a bew.
In a country villa outside the city, ten young noble men and women who have escaped the plague decide to tell each other stories.
The Decameron (c.1351) was written in the wake of the Black Death, a shattering epidemic which had shaken Florence\'s confident entrepreneurial society to its core