The Book of the Courtier
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: May 2, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9780486427027
Subjects: Classic fiction; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; History: World; History; Philosophy; General; History / General; Early works to 1800; Renaissance; Courtesy; Courts and courtiers
First sentence: I HAVE spent a long time wondering, my dear Alfonso, which of two things was the more difficult for me: either to refuse what you have asked me so often and so insistently, or to do it.
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