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The Book of the Courtier (Penguin Classics) (Reprint Edition) by Baldesar Castiglione, George Bull (Translator), Conte Baldassare Castiglione, Conte Castiglione Baldassarre Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 1976 ISBN-10: 0-14-044192-1 / 0140441921 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044192-5 / 9780140441925 ‘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 essential virtues for those at Court. In a lively series of |