Niccolo Machiavelli, History of Florence Vol 1 Part 1 1526
Channel: Age of Enlightenment
Date: 2015-12-19

History of Florence by Niccolo Machiavelli 1469-1527 published posthumously in 1532. This is  one of the primary source books for historians. The history was commissioned by Pope Leo X in 1520 and was completed in five years. He starts with the fall of the Roman Empire.

Machiavelli had previously written The Art of War and The Prince.

Here is a link to the text
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2464?msg=welcome_stranger

And the Audio for Vol 1 and 2 from Librivox
https://librivox.org/group/103?primary_key=103&search_category=group&search_page=1&search_form=get_results