Machiavelli's Republic: A Diplomat's Search for Political Truth

Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513 not as a cynical manual for tyrants, but as a desperate attempt to regain his career after torture, imprisonment, and exile from the Florentine Republic he had served for 14 years. This biography traces how his experiences as a diplomat negotiating with Cesare Borgia, witnessing military disasters, and watching republics fail shaped his radical understa...