Be like the fox : Machiavelli's lifelong quest for freedom / Erica Benner.

Be like the fox : Machiavelli's lifelong quest for freedom / Erica Benner.

By
Benner, Erica.

Publication Date
2017

Publication Information
New York : W.W. Norton & Company,

Edition
First American edition.

Physical Description
xxii, 360 p. : maps.

Subject Term
Statesmen -- Italy -- Biography.
 
Intellectuals -- Italy -- Florence -- Biography.

Geographic Term
Florence (Italy) -- Intellectual life.

Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-347) and index.

Summary
Far from the ruthless Machiavellian henchman that people think he was, Machiavelli emerges here as a profound ethical thinker who fought to uphold high moral standards and restore the democratic freedoms of his beloved Florence. Shaking the dust from history, Benner ... interweaves Machiavelli's words with those of his friends and enemies, giving us a biography with all the energy of fiction.

Language
English

ISBN
9780393609721


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)Adult BioAdult BiographyB M18BChecked out