Be like the fox : Machiavelli's lifelong quest for freedom / Erica Benner.
TITLE:
Be like the fox : Machiavelli's lifelong quest for freedom / Erica Benner.
By:
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
New York : W.W. Norton & Company,
Edition:
First American edition.
Physical Description:
xxii, 360 p. : maps.
Geographic Term:
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
