Machiavelli
Subtitle: a biography
By: Miles J. Unger
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781416556282; 9781439193891
Subjects: Political scientists; Italian Authors; Intellectuals; History; Biography; Statesmen
Description: Examines the life of the Florentine intellectual, his relationships with contemporaries ranging from Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo to Cesare Borgia and Pope Alexander VI, his philosophies about power, and the legacy of The Prince.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-386) and index.
Table of contents: title: The malice of fate; title: Born in poverty; title: A sword unsheathed; title: The civil servant; title: Sir Nihil; title: Exit the dragon; title: Men of low and poor estate; title: The stars align; title: Reversal of fortune; title: Dismissed, deprived, and totally removed; title: The Prince; title: Vita contemplativa; title: The sage of the garden; title: Nightmare and dream; title: Finger of Satan.