Machiavelli - by Ross King (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>An alternative portrait of the revolutionary political philosopher challenges popular beliefs about the cruelty of his character to reveal the complexities and sympathetic nature of his personality.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Part of the acclaimed Eminent Lives series, <em>Machiavelli</em> is a superb portrait of the brilliant and revolutionary political philosopher--history's most famous theorist of "warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed"--and the age he embodied. Ross King, the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Brunelleschi's Dome</em>, argues that the author of <em>The Prince</em> was a far more complex and sympathetic character than is often portrayed.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>The author of <em>The Prince</em>--his controversial handbook on power, which is one of the most influential books ever written--Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) was no prince himself. Born to an established middle-class family, Machiavelli worked as a courtier and diplomat for the Republic of Florence and enjoyed some small fame in his time as the author of bawdy plays and poems. In this discerning new biography, Ross King rescues Machiavelli's legacy from caricature, detailing the vibrant political and social context that influenced his thought and underscoring the humanity of one of history's finest political thinkers.</p>
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