Fools Are Everywhere by Beatrice K Otto

Fools Are Everywhere by Beatrice K Otto

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Takes us around the world in search of one of the most colorful characters in history - the court jester. This work includes anecdotes, jokes, quotations, epigraphs, and illustrations that shed light on little-known jesters, highlighting their humanizing influence on the head honchos of history.

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Fools Are Everywhere by Beatrice K Otto

Takes us around the world in search of one of the most colorful characters in history - the court jester. This work includes anecdotes, jokes, quotations, epigraphs, and illustrations that shed light on little-known jesters, highlighting their humanizing influence on the head honchos of history.
"Through anecdotes, historical details, analyses, and commentary, Otto brilliantly delineates the court jester, and quotations and illustrations do much to enhance this eminently readable text" - Library Journal"
Beatrice K. Otto lives and works in Geneva.
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ISBN 13 9780226640921
ISBN 10 0226640922
Title Fools Are Everywhere
Author Beatrice K Otto
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Year published 2007-08-01
Number of pages 444
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.