First published in 1528, Count Baldassare Castiglione's 'The Book of the Courtier' received international acclaim, serving as a primer on the noble life for Europe's all-powerful elite. Nearly 500 years later, the personal and societal benefits of leading a noble life remain undiminished.

Set within the Italian Renaissance court of Urbin, a pleasant gathering of aristocrats delicately consider what qualities are desirable in the perfect courtier. Embracing virtue and rejecting vice, this highly skilled gentleman or gentlewoman serves to benevolently guide their lord or lady toward a peaceful society through good governance.

'The Book of the Courtier: A Guide to Nobility' is a revised abridgment now easily accessible to contemporary readers. It is for those who have ever wondered what it means to be a gentleman or gentlewoman. This essential text describes the most valuable skills, the most treasured virtues refined over the course of centuries in the service of power, defining the very best condition to which woman or man may aspire for the sake of others and themselves.

Nobility is not a matter of being born into wealth and influence, but the sum of all excellent skills and virtues developed and practiced throughout the life of an individual. This graceful way, within reach of us all, lives or dies by our daily actions. Nobility is not who we are - it is what we do.

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