The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior: Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped
“Using his novelist’s eye and a historian’s sweep, Strathern . . . makes you care deeply for these complex figures.”—The Washington Post Book World“[A] rigorous and scholarly yet readable study of the confluence of three major Renaissance figures. Accessible and impressive in scope.”—Kirkus Reviews“Readers will reel at this meticulous popular account of Renaissance tyranny, corruption, injustice and atrocities.”—Publishers Weekly “This is popular history at its narrative best—rich in colour, character and consequence.”—The Times(London) “The book breaks new ground.”—San Antonio Express-News “A triumph.”—The Sunday Telegraph(London)