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Flipping through old Italian chronicles, Stendhal finds motifs for a series of his novels in which he depicts the passions of the Middle Ages and the unrestrained madness of the Renaissance.
The novel, whose original title is L'Homme de plâtre, explores complex human destinies through the story of a protagonist whose life symbolically reflects fragility and vulnerability, like plaster.
A novel by Théophile Gautier, published in 1863. It is an adventure story set in 17th century France, which combines romance, humor and chivalry with elements of theater and social satire.
This book focuses on one of the bloodiest events in French history – St. Bartholomew's Day in 1572, when thousands of French Protestants were massacred in Paris and across the country.
The great writer's short novel The Parting Shot is one of those great works in which the conciseness of the statement and the brevity of the form emanate the fullness of the text and the passion of its meanings.
The plot is set in Lisbon, along the Tagus River, and follows an emotional and complex love story intertwined with dramatic elements.