Discourse to Lady Lavinia his Daughter.(Book Review)

The Modern Language Review | January 1, 2005| | Copyright

Discourse to Lady Lavinia his Daughter. By ANNIBAL GUASCO. Ed. and trans. by PEGGY OSBORN. Chicago: University of Chicago Press 2003. xxiv + 145 pp. 31.50 [pounds sterling] (pbk 13 [pounds sterling]) ISBN 0-226-31053-1 (pbk 0-226-31055-8).

Armed with this Discourse, eleven-year-old Lavinia Guasco left Alessandria during the winter of 1585-86 to enter the service of the Infanta Caterina of Spain at the Court of Turin. The Discourse, written by her father Annibal Guasco, was to remind her to nurture her skills and talents and to guide her through the duties and moral ...

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