Machiavelli: Philosopher of Power (Eminent Lives)

Machiavelli: Philosopher of Power (Eminent Lives)

The Prince, NiccolÃ² Machiavelli's handbook on powerâ€”how to get it and how to keep itâ€”has been enormously influential in the centuries since it was written, garnering a heady mixture of admiration, fear, and contempt. Its author, born to an established middle-class family, was no prince himself. Machiavelli (1469â€“1527) worked as a courtier and diplomat for the Republic of Florence and enjoyed some small fame in his time as the author of bawdy plays and poems. Upon the Medici's return to power, however, he found himself summarily dismissed from the government he had served for decades and exiled from the city where he was born.

In this discerning new biography, Ross King rescues Machiavelli's legacy from caricature, detailing the vibrant political and social context that influenced his thought and underscoring the humanity of one of history's finest political thinkers. Ross King's Machiavelli visits fortune-tellers, produces wine on his Tuscan estate, travels Europe tirelessly on horseback as a diplomatic envoy, and is a passionate scholar of antiquityâ€”but above all, a keen observer of human nature.

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Country USA
Brand HarperCollins
Manufacturer HarperCollins Publishers
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2007-05-29
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780060817176

Country	USA
Brand	HarperCollins
Manufacturer	HarperCollins Publishers
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2007-05-29
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9780060817176

Machiavelli: Philosopher of Power (Eminent Lives)

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