There is much to learn and admire in this book, but the author seems to suffer from a form of conservative Tourette syndrome. Whatever subject he is addressing, he will suddenly veer off into his obsessions with anti Fa, Black Lives Matter, and transgender athletes. He will then right himself to write again knowledgeably and wittily about his topic only later to suddenly veer briefly back to his obsessions, a bit like a mad uncle.

The narrator sounded smarmy, but maybe there was no other way to read the text. It constantly swaps out gentleman/humans, pauses to say no girls allowed, and then occasionally detours to laugh at silly girls who think boys want to exclude them from thing. It even makes what I guess is a joke about trans people when sniffing at the public display of everything such as a trans person going on Jerry Springer to come out as trans before telling their lover "that lady is no gentleman." Except that no lady is a gentleman according to this book, but maybe if the lady has a cock then she had a chance?

It seems to misunderstand the purpose of virtue, and instead just want to be cool like the Fonz.

I very much enjoyed this book. Chivalry has had its' share of detractors over the years, but this book builds a solid argument for striving to become a "gentleman".

Not what I expected, but I love the research in this book. Gave me some good starting points for future research. I wish I had read it and Morte de Arthur at the same time. I enjoyed his opinions.

Mostly good. Goes over the history of chivalry and discusses its use in the modern world.

The author only occasionally interjects his opinion without providing support.

Eh, wasn't at all what I was expecting, and I couldn't slog thorough it.

Listened to this book: good perspective for any Dad.

A fairly good compendium on the history of chivalry and the authors musings on how it ought to be adapted to the modern day. We could all benefit from a little more of this courteous and dedicated way of living.

There were some pretty low ratings for this book in this venue. So, let me start out by saying that this is not a book of manners and polite pleasantries. If you're trying to figure out which fork to use with which course, you needn't waste your time looking for it here.

Using over a thousand years of history and etymology, this book is also not some propaganda piece thrown together to discredit or redefine manliness. At its core, this book reintroduces the chivalrous man to the modern era.

The author has a rich vocabulary, for which the "pocket" dictionary wasn't of much use. Still, it was a relatively quick read. It also had insights into other issues of our day and succeeded in educating this reader (just short of epiphany) on several topics left completely untouched by other books.

Horseshit as a whole, but some interesting history nonetheless.

This book has been on my 'to-read' since 2008, in other words almost since I joined GRs. I joined in 2007. After reading another* positive review (also by a woman) I decided I HAVE to read it. So I am buying it for my husband

Did not enjoy this book. Thought it was shot-through with typical Boomer cyncism. The author somehow manages to drain every last drop of romance from the whole notion of chivalry, no mean feat. Two stars for the historical information though and many things worth following up on.