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This book contains Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli's 1532 historical account, "History of Florence and the Affairs of Italy". A fascinating history of Florence by one of the most celebrated and accomplished political minds in history, this volume is not to be missed by those with an interest in Italian history and Machiavelli's seminal work. Many vintage books such as this had been becoming increasingly scarce or expensive. This volume is now...
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Maurizio Viroli is professor emeritus of politics at Princeton University, professor of government at the University of Texas, Austin, and professor of political communication at the University of Italian Switzerland in Lugano. His many books include Niccolò's Smile: A Biography of Machiavelli (Hill & Wang) and How to Choose a Leader: Machiavelli's Advice to Citizens (Princeton).
A collection of insightful and revealing quotations on a wide range...
3) The Prince
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World-changing ideas meet eye-catching design: the best titles of the extraordinarily successful Great Ideas series are now packaged in Coralie Bickford-Smith's distinctive, award-winning covers. Whether on a well-curated shelf or in your back pocket, these timeless works of philosophical, political, and psychological thought are absolute must-haves for book collectors as well as design enthusiasts. As a diplomat in turbulent fifteenth-century...