Machiavelli was a loyal servant of the 15th-century Florentine Republic. "Machiavellian" is a popular byword for treachery and opportunism, derived from Machiavelli's classic book on statecraft, THE PRINCE, published over 400 years ago. INTRODUCING MACHIAVELLI traces the colorful life of this paradoxical realist and first truly modern political scientist. Illustrated.
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Machiavelli was a loyal servant of the 15th-century Florentine Republic. "Machiavellian" is a popular byword for treachery and opportunism, derived from Machiavelli's classic book on statecraft, THE PRINCE, published over 400 years ago. INTRODUCING MACHIAVELLI traces the colorful life of this paradoxical realist and first truly modern political scientist. Illustrated.