Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-232) and index.
Contents
Renaissance, conspiracies, bonfires: Machiavelli's little-known youth -- Highs and lows : Machiavelli emerges -- Interlude : Machavelli's letter -- The prince -- Conversing with the ancients : The discourses -- The comedy of life : letters and plays, wives and lovers -- History -- Ghosts.