After the fall of Savonarola, he was named secretary to the Council of Ten and head of the Second Chancery.
After the fall of Savonarola, he was named secretary to the Council of Ten and head of the Second Chancery. After the Holy League attacked his city, he was arrested for conspiracy against the new government and tortured, forcing him to withdraw from public life. FTP, identify this Italian statesman, who turned instead to writing, producing such works as Mandragola, the Discourses on Livy, and a little book which was first published in 1532 and was dedicated to the Medicis who ruled Florence, The Prince.
After the fall of Savonarola, he was named secretary to the Council of Ten and head of the Second Chancery.
Niccolo {Machiavelli}