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Gifted upon my request by my twin I really enjoyed this book, Very old school style writing kinda hindered me as the furtherest Im used to reading is regency era old English but still incredibly enjoyable for me, I was curious about this epistolary novel one of the first of its kind for two reasons: that Aeneas Piccolomini later Pope Pius II wrote it and because it is one of the most popular novels of the fifteenth century.
Its raunchiness has been exaggerated but for its time it was considered pretty racy, Not quite what I expected but a pretty good read and from time to time, some sound advice, And I like the concluding paragraph:
"And now, my dearest Marianus, you have heard the outcome of this love, a true story and an unhappy one: And may all who read it take a lesson from others that will be useful to themselves: let them beware to drink the cup of love, that holds far more
of bitter than of sweet.
" One of the bestselling books of theth century, and a great way to improve your medieval Latin, I haven't laughed as much while reading in a long time, An absolute mustread for anyone who, too, finds a pope writing a story like this to be deeply amusing, Now that's what I call an "Introduction" !
pages in this book and the intro ends only at p,. This is the intro to end all intros, This introduction introduces so well that you will never need to be introduced to anything again, The introductory words are the book, Whatever Pope Pius II has scribbled down in the end shouldn't even be looked at: it has been introduced so completely we don't even need to meet the words to understand them.
This introduction is the novel equivalent of Mayweather slowly entering the boxing ring with his entire entourage andcent rapping his theme song for him while lights and sounds are dancing everywhere.
The intro has its own bibliography that would put even historical tomes to shame, What could I possibly say about the intro that hasn't already been said a thousand times ortimes on Goodreads, It is a cultural landmark, a fountain of wealth, and a force not to reckoned with, Theirs no reason to introduce the introduction any further, read it for yourself for the best introductory experience you will ever enjoy preliminarily, The Tale of Two Lovers Latin: Historia de duobus amantibus written inwas one of the bestselling books of the fifteenth century, even before its author, Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, became Pope Pius II.
It is one of the earliest examples of an epistolary novel, full of erotic imagery, The first printed edition was published by Ulrich Zel in Cologne betweenand, The novel is set in Siena, and centers around the love story of Lucretia, a married woman, and Euryalus, one of the men waiting on the Duke of Austria.
After an uncertain beginning, in which each is in love but unaware that it is reciprocated, they begin a correspondence, which takes up much of the rest of the novel.
Before writing his first loveletter, Euryalus quotes Virgil in defence of his position, Amor vincit omnia et nos cedamus amori, A Pukka Classic from www, arepo. biz also writes as: sitelink Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini Pope Pius II Latin: Pius PP, II, Italian: Pio II, born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini Latin Aeneas Silvius Bartholomeus was the head of the Catholic Church fromAugustto his death in, He was born at Corsignano in the Sienese territory of a noble but decayed family, His longest and most enduring work is the story of his life, the Commentaries, which is the only autobiography ever written by a reigning Pope, He is also known for his erotic writings done before he became pope, also writes as: sitelink Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini Pope Pius II Latin: Pius PP, II, Italian: Pio II, born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini Latin Aeneas Silvius Bartholomeus was the head of the Catholic Church fromAugustto his death in, He was born at Corsignano in the Sienese territory of a noble but decayed family, His longest and most enduring work is the story of his life, the Commentaries, which is the only autobiography ever written by a reigning Pope, He is also known for his erotic writings done before he became pope, sitelink.