Pre-Owned The Book of the Courtier (Paperback) 9780486427027

from hsifeng

REENACTORS NOTES: 367 pages: A handbook for young gentlmen from the period. Shameless opportunism, melancholy about the state of the human condition and the traping of court life abound. Italian but more global in it's scope as it deals with the proper courting of power by those who seek it anywh...

from asukamaxwell

This "entertaining comedy of manners" might read like it's entirely fiction, but in fact took place over the course of four evenings, beginning as game between about 30 people, some quite famous in history. The game is suggested by Frederico Fregoso, and the aim is to describe the perfect courtie...

from cakecop

It's difficult to read because the sentences are excessively elegant and artificially pleasing. After several failed attempts I began to read aloud and then I was able to break through to the style and demeanor of the author and subject. It is divided into 4 books were members of the court of Urb...

from BillMcGann

The Book of the Courtier There really was a Camelot. But it was in Italy, Urbino in northern Italy to be exact, in the 1500s. Perched on top of a couple of hills in the region Le Marche, Urbino was ruled by the Montefeltro family. From 1444 to 1482 Federigo de Montefeltro skillfully steered his t...

from BillMcGann

The Book of the Courtier There really was a Camelot. But it was in Italy, Urbino in northern Italy to be exact, in the 1500s. Perched on top of a couple of hills in the region Le Marche, Urbino was ruled by the Montefeltro family. From 1444 to 1482 Federigo de Montefeltro skillfully steered his t...