Machiavelli: A Man Misunderstood

Machiavelli: A Man Misunderstood
ISBN-10
0316724769
ISBN-13
9780316724760
Series
Machiavelli
Category
Florence (Italy)
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Little Brown GBR
Author
Michael White

Description

'Machiavellian: a person who adopts the principles recommended, or supposed to have been recommended, by Machiavelli in his treatise on statecraft; a person who practises expediency in preference to morality; an intriguer or schemer. Usu. derogatory.' In this new biography of the Florentine political theorist and statesman, Michael White goes beyond our preconceptions to draw an objective picture of the author of The Prince and The Art of War. He does so by placing Machiavelli's remarkable life in the context of the Renaissance and its luminaries, such as the Borgias and Leonardo da Vinci.

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