The Book of the Courtier by Baldesar Castiglione

The Book of the Courtier

Baldesar Castiglione with George Bull (Translator)

368 pages first pub 1528 (editions)

fiction art historical history politics sociology adventurous slow-paced
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'The courtier has to imbue with grace his movements, his gestures, his way of doing things and in short, his every action'In The Book of the Courtier (1528), Baldesar Castiglione, a diplomat and Papal Nuncio to Rome, sets out to define the essenti...

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