Niccolo Machiavelli

A colorful, comprehensive, and authoritative account of Machiavelli''s life and thought

This is a colorful, comprehensive, and authoritative introduction to the life and work of the Florentine statesman, writer, and political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527). Corrado Vivanti, who was one of the world''s leading Machiavelli scholars, provides an unparalleled intellectual biography that de...