About the book: year / The French king Francis I adored his only sister and, playing on her name, which means “pearl,” called Margarita “the pearl above pearls.” He also told her about all his love affairs, which she later described in “Heptameron,” a collection of seventy-two short stories written under the influence of Boccaccio’s “Decameron.” In the same book, which made her a classic of French literature, she also revealed some of her heartfelt secrets. But only for the sake of her brother, the princess was ready to sacrifice even her immortal soul…