Machiavelli
A Man Misunderstood
$31.83
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
6 March 2006
Summary
Machiavellian: a person who adopts the principles recommended, or supposed to have been recommended, by Machiavelli in his treatise on statecraft; a person who practises expediency in preference to morality; an intriguer or schemer. Usu. derogatory.
For more than five hundred years the name Machiavelli has resonated through the world of politics and power. He was an extraordinary man living in an extraordinary age: a brilliant thinker and theorist who was also a consumate diplomat. In…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349115993 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349115990 |
| Author: | Michael White |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 6 March 2006 |
| Weight: | 268g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 24mm |
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[Machiavelli] was a great thinker and a greater artist, and Michael White has done as much as anyone could to convince us of his genius - John Banville, IRISH TIMES
He [Machiavelli] has been painted as a corrupt, cruel, vindictive social commentator with little time for human emotion, but White successfully argues that Machiavelli is actually an author of remarkable foresight who manages to assess the Realpolitik of - GLASGOW HERALDWhite’s great gift as a writer is his ability to blow life into seemingly stodgy material. Renaissance politics isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but White makes it manageable without dumbing it down. - MAIL ON SUNDAYA fantastic historical read. - DAILY EXPRESSAbout The Author
Michael White
Michael White’s books include the award-winning ISAAC NEWTON: THE LAST SORCERER and international bestsellers STEPHEN HAWKING: A LIFE IN SCIENCE (with John Gribbin) and LEONARDO: THE FIRST SCIENTIST.
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