Machiavelli - Philosopher of Power

Informationen zum Autor Ross King is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling and Brunelleschi's Dome as well as several novels. Born and raised in Canada, he lives outside Oxford, England. Klappentext The author of The Prince —his controversial handbook on power, which is one of the most influential books ever written—Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) was no prince himself. Born to an established middle-class family, Machiavelli worked as a courtier and diplomat for the Republic of Florence and enjoyed some small fame in his time as the author of bawdy plays and poems. In this discerning new biography, Ross King rescues Machiavelli's legacy from caricature, detailing the vibrant political and social context that influenced his thought and underscoring the humanity of one of history's finest political thinkers. Zusammenfassung Part of the acclaimed Eminent Lives series! Machiavelli is a superb portrait of the brilliant and revolutionary political philosopher—history’s most famous theorist of “warfare! terror! murder! and bloodshed”—and the age he embodied. Ross King! the New York Times bestselling author of Brunelleschi’s Dome ! argues that the author of The Prince was a far more complex and sympathetic character than is often portrayed.

Product details

• Authors: Ross King
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.11.2009
• EAN: 9780061768927
• ISBN: 978-0-06-176892-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; PHILOSOPHY: Social, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Political, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: General, ART: History / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Process / General, HISTORY: Essays, PHILOSOPHY: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, PHILOSOPHY: History & Surveys / General, ARCHITECTURE: History / Renaissance