grifani

Updated: June 6, 2025

Louis de Bourbon, Prince de Conde, who, since the death of his father, Henri de Bourbon, was called, in accordance with the custom of that period, Monsieur le Prince, was a young man, not more than twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, with the eye of an eagle agl' occhi grifani, as Dante says aquiline nose, long, waving hair, of medium height, well formed, possessed of all the qualities essential to the successful soldier that is to say, the rapid glance, quick decision, fabulous courage.

Alexandre Dumas - Twenty Years After