The Book of the Courtier
Castiglione, Baldesar
Penguin Books Ltd, 1976
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Defines the essential virtues for those at Court. This title includes a series of imaginary conversations between the real-life courtiers to the Duke of Urbino, in which his speakers discuss qualities of noble behaviour - chiefly discretion and gracefulness - as well as questions such as the duties of a good government and the true nature of love.
- ISBN-13
- 9780140441925
- ISBN-10
- 0140441921
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 1976
- Publication date
- 1976-06-24
- Pages
- 368
- Dimensions
- 196 x 129 x 22
- Weight
- 268