<DIV>In this compelling new biography, historian NiccolΓ² Capponi frees Machiavelli (1469Β1527) from centuries of misinterpretation. Exploring the Renaissance city of Florence, where Machiavelli lived, Capponi reveals the man behind the legend. A complex portrait of Machiavelli emergesΒat once a bril
Machiavelli: His Life and Times
β Scribed by Alexander Lee
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 768
- Category
- Library
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