Be Like the FoxBe Like the Fox
Machiavelli's Lifelong Quest for Freedom
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Current format, Book, 2017, First American edition., Available . Offered in 0 more formatsContrary to previous biographies and analyses, this accessible biography of Italian Renaissance political thinker Niccolo Machiavelli emphasizes ethical elements of his thinking. In order to appeal to general readers and students, the book offers a descriptive narrative with dialogue, a detailed list of important figures, b&w maps, and larger type. The bio places Machiavelli in his world among his friends, colleagues, and enemies and evokes how they spoke to each other, drawing on Machiavelli’s own writings and writings of his contemporaries, as well as letters from friends, the diaries of his father, and minutes of Florentine political meetings that give accounts of conversations. Author Erica Benner has written other books on Machiavelli. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
The PrinceBe Like the FoxShaking the dust from history, Benner masterfully interweaves Machiavelli’s words with those of his friends and enemies, giving us a biography with all the energy of fiction. Through dialogues and diaries, we witness dramatic episodes, including Savonarola’s fiery sermons against the elite in Florence’s piazza, Machiavelli’s secret negotiations with Caterina Sforza at the court of Forlí, and the Florentines’ frantic preparations to resist Pope Julius’s plan to over-throw their Republic.The PrinceBe Like the Fox
Dispels the notion that the famed author of The Prince was politically amoral and instead argues that he was a deeply ethical thinker who fought for the restoration of democratic freedoms in Florence, Italy.
Dispels the notion that the famed author of "The Prince" was politically amoral and instead argues that he was a deeply ethical thinker who fought for the restoration of democratic freedoms in Florence, Italy.
The dramatic, myth-shattering story of how Machiavelli—arguably the most misunderstood thinker of all time—fought to change his corrupt world.
The PrinceBe Like the FoxShaking the dust from history, Benner masterfully interweaves Machiavelli’s words with those of his friends and enemies, giving us a biography with all the energy of fiction. Through dialogues and diaries, we witness dramatic episodes, including Savonarola’s fiery sermons against the elite in Florence’s piazza, Machiavelli’s secret negotiations with Caterina Sforza at the court of Forlí, and the Florentines’ frantic preparations to resist Pope Julius’s plan to over-throw their Republic.The PrinceBe Like the Fox
Dispels the notion that the famed author of The Prince was politically amoral and instead argues that he was a deeply ethical thinker who fought for the restoration of democratic freedoms in Florence, Italy.
Dispels the notion that the famed author of "The Prince" was politically amoral and instead argues that he was a deeply ethical thinker who fought for the restoration of democratic freedoms in Florence, Italy.
The dramatic, myth-shattering story of how Machiavelli—arguably the most misunderstood thinker of all time—fought to change his corrupt world.
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