Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction
"[An] excellent brief study, incorporating much recent research effectively without losing the author's own distinctive viewpoint.  Lucidly written.  A fine contribution."--Marcia L. Colish, Oberlin College"An exceptionally lucid biographical sketch and analysis of Machiavelli's ideology.  For beginning students of this subject, I have never found anything better."--James E. McGoldrick, Cedarville College