The Amethyst Ring

by Anatole France · 1899

Provincial ambition and clerical scheming swirl around the contest for a bishop's ring, in the third 'Contemporary History' novel.

Books mentioned in The Amethyst Ring (10)

• Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe: “can't we call the dog Thursday, like Robinson Crusoe who called his man Friday”
• Contes et Nouvelles en vers by Jean de La Fontaine: “the edition of La Fontaine, published by the 'Fermiers Généraux' ... 'The pictures are rather free'”
• The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio: “the Boccaccio illustrated by Marillier”
• Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles: “the excellent story-tellers of the Cent nouvelles nouvelles”
• Cours de littérature by Jean-François de La Harpe: “La Harpe's Cours de littérature”
• La Gaule poétique by Louis-Antoine-François de Marchangy: “Marchangy's Gaule poétique”
• Les Vœux d'un solitaire by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre: “He opened Vœux d'un solitaire, and saw that the margins were covered with notes”
• Projet d'une dîme royale by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban: “a beautifully written manuscript on Royal Tithes ... presented to the Marshal by Vauban”
• Handbuch der Archäologie der Kunst by Karl Otfried Müller: “Ottfried Müller's Manual is composed of three volumes and an atlas”
• Dies Irae by Thomas of Celano: “the Dies Iræ was written during the thirteenth century in a Franciscan convent”