Title: The artist, the philosopher, and the warrior
Subtitle: three Renaissance lives
Description: The Renaissance was a child of many fathers--none more important than the three iconic  figures whose intersecting lives provide the basis for this astonishing work of narrative  history: Leonardo Da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli and Cesar Borgia. Each could not  have been more different. They would meet only for a short time in 1502 but the events  that transpired, would significantly alter their perceptions--and the course of Western  history. In 1502, Italy was riven by conflict, with the city of Florence as the  ultimate prize. Machiavelli, the consummate political manipulator, attempted to placate  the savage Borgia by volunteering the services of Da Vinci as Borgia's chief military  engineer. That autumn, the three men embarked together on a brief, perilous, and  fateful journey through the mountains, remote villages and hill towns of the Italian  Romagna--the details of which were revealed in Machiavelli's often-daily dispatches  and Da Vinci's meticulous notebooks.  In a book that is at once a gripping adventure  story and a trenchant analysis of how men make history, The Artist, the Philosopher  and the Warrior limns each man's personality, their interactions, and the forces  that shaped their world. Superbly written, meticulously researched, here is a work  of narrative genius--whose subject is the very nature of genius itself.From the Hardcover edition.
Subjects: Renaissance, Nonfiction, History, Biography, Leonardo, da vinci, 1452-1519, Machiavelli, niccolo, 1469-1527, Borgia, cesare, 1476-1507, Renaissance, italy, Italy, biography, Italy, history, Influence, Friends and associates
Places: Italy
People: Cesare Borgia (1476?-1507), Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Time periods: 1492-1559