Machiavelli as a dramatist the ultimate symbol of virtú in "Mandragola", as a ‘self-portrait’ of Machiavelli. Ligurio assembles the spectrum of schemes in the play, from the Mandrake potion, to Frate Timoteo's assistance, to Callimaco's disguise and capture by Nicia. Though every character in the play participates in some form of a manipulative act, Ligurio stands out because of his impressive adaptability to tribulations. Even more extraordinary is Ligurio's aptitude for judging human character. This comprehension of character is the type of awareness that is necessary for successful acts of manipulation. One of the many places we experience Ligurio's qualitative insight is in his
The Books of Faerie Ney Rieber is co-credited as writer on the collected editions. The second collection also includes the first two of the back-up stories from the ongoing series "The Books of Magic", which sometimes causes people to assume that the entirety of those issues of the ongoing series are reprinted in the collection. The collections were: The remaining issues are uncollected. The Books of Faerie The Books of Faerie was a series of three mini-series spun off from Vertigo Comics' series "The Books of Magic" written by Bronwyn Carlton (two series) and John Ney Rieber (one series). It featured characters used predominantly