| Description |
720 pages ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
This epic piece of storytelling brings the world of fifteenth-century Italy to life as it traces Machiavelli's rise from young boy to controversial political thinker. Author Joseph Markulin presents Machiavelli's life as a true adventure story, replete with violence, treachery, heroism, betrayal, sex, bad popes, noble outlaws, deformed kings, menacing Turks, even more menacing Lutherans, unscrupulous astrologers, untrustworthy dentists--and, of course, forbidden love. |
| Subject |
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.
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Statesmen -- Italy -- Biography.
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Intellectuals -- Italy -- Biography.
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Political scientists -- Italy -- Biography.
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Authors, Italian -- Biography.
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Italy -- History -- 1492-1559 -- Biography.
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Florence (Italy) -- History -- 1421-1737 -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9781616148058 paperback |
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1616148055 paperback |
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