If you enjoyed The Spa Decameron...
...here's another couple of evocative, intricately-told tales that you might like too..
Fay Weldon is know for her feisty females and frank, irreverent celebrations of sexuality, so if you enjoyed the tales told by her Boccacio-inspired collection of spa-bound high-flying ladies, then you might like these too...
Dream Angus by Alexander McCall Smith
This is as far from McCall Smith's No 1 Ladies Detective Agency and 44 Scotland Street as you can get. The sixth in the Canongate Myth series, it tells the story of one of the earliest and most popular Celtic gods, Angus, the god of love, youth and beauty. If he's in the right mood, divine Angus might grant you sight of your true love in a dream; you might even fall in love with him - but he'll never love you back: he's too busy making mischief...
The Clerkenwell Tales by Peter Ackroyd
A gripping thriller of spies, murder, arson and betrayal in 14th century Lodon as Peter Ackroyd pays homage to his hero, Chaucer, with characters drawn from The Canterbury Tales. Richard II is on the throne, yet strange signs and portents are troubling the latter part of his reign. In Clerkenwell the people are restless, disenchanted with the church and their King. The streets of London are rife with rumour, heresy, espionage and murder and at the centre of the confusion is the nun, Sister Clarice, who is having visions. Is she a genuine prophet, or the tool of earthly powers? Lovingly-detailed adventure and suspense unfolds through the streets of the medieval capital...
