The Tale of Two Lovers is an epistolary novella written in 1444 by Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, who later became Pope Pius II, and first printed between 1467 and 1470. Set in Siena, it tells of a love affair between Lucretia, a married woman, and Euryalus, an attendant to the Duke of Austria, whose initially unspoken feelings grow into an extended exchange of letters. Euryalus invokes the classical maxim that love conquers all before writing his first letter to Lucretia, and much of the novella is composed of the couple's correspondence.
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The novel is set in Siena, Italy
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is a novel by Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, the future Pope Pius II.
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The Tale of Two Lovers (Latin: Historia de duobus amantibus) (1444) is a novel by Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, the future 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 Zell in Cologne between 1467 and 1470.
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is a novel by Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, the future Pope Pius II.
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The Tale of Two Lovers (Latin: Historia de duobus amantibus) (1444) is a novel by Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, the future Pope Pius II.
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Earlier in his life he had written, besides "Eurialus and Lucretia" and the recently discovered comedy "Chrysis", the following historical works: "Libellus dialogorum de generalis concilii auctoritate et gestis Basileensium"; "Commentarius de rebus Basileae gestis"; "Historia rerum Frederici III imperatoris"; "Historia Bohemica".
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