Machiavelli’s The Prince reviewed September 10, 2008
Posted by jdresner in Renaissance, historiography, not homework.trackback
The Wall Street Journal has a nice review of the old classic, including some good background history. Turns out I was wrong about his career. Not sure where I got the wrong information, but just goes to show that you can’t believe everything I say….
For even more detail, the New Yorker review of a biography of the man has pages and pages. Oddly, neither explicitly takes the position that I do: that Machiavelli is a classic Renaissance Man; His second career as a dramatist and historian pretty much seals that judgement.
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