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extol the virtues of a great literary text, a fact Weinberg and Matter easily acknowledge and are justified in labelling the "author's intention to emulate Plato […] an obvious failure" (42).However, for those of us who study dialogue, even a "bad" one is irresistible, as it often reveals much about how the genre was used and perceived during its most prolific time period.The praise of its writing is correctly deferred to those instances where Alfieri recounts conditions and historical events to which be bore witness either as a participant or an observer.They cite his "best and most credible pages" as those that outline "Milan after the death of Gian Galeazzo, Genoa at the time of Gabriele's execution, and Caffa at the beginning of its political and economic decline" (43).The Ogdoas' contribution to political history is undoubtedly its greatest strength according to our editors who cite Alfieri's list of consuls in the city of Caffa between 1409 and 1421 as "important details that fill a gap in the history of the colony" (43).In bringing Alfieri's work to light, Weinberg and Matter have provided a valuable text of the Renaissance, which further reveals the thoughts and conditions of a people and a time whose fascination, continues unabated.
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