Young Philip Sidney 1572-1577

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1972. First. Hardbound. VG/ Good, Book is in excellent shape, has inscription to previous owner from the author inside, DJ is torn at spine and front right fold, but mainlt intact and still protects the book.. Red boards with color pictorial DJ, [xxiv] 565pp, 13 BW plates, 1 color plate. From the jacket--Although Sir Philip Sidney is usually studied today as a literary giant, in his lifetime he was seen as a brilliant young aristocrat, a budding protagonist in diplomatic and state affairs. This biography of Sidney's formative years provides a penetrating reexamination of his significant role on the stage of European history. It offers decisive evidence that Sidney was considered to be the future leader who might head the Protesteant League to unite the Lutherans, Calvinists, Huguenots, and Anglicans in defense against the Counter-Reformation, especially the ambitions of Philip of Spain.