The Portable Machiavelli by Niccolo Machiavelli - ISBN: 9780140150926
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Uncover Machiavelli’s controversial wisdom on power and politics.

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    576 pages

  • Release Date

    31 May 1979

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Summary

In the four and a half centuries since Machiavelli’s death, no single and unanimously accepted interpretation of his ideas has succeeded in imposing itself upon the lively debate over the meaning of his works. Yet there has never been any doubt about the fundamental importance of Machiavelli’s contribution to Western political theory.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140150926
ISBN-10:0140150927
Author:Niccolo Machiavelli, Mark Musa, Peter Bondanella
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:576
Edition:1st
Release Date:31 May 1979
Weight:396g
Dimensions:28mm x 130mm x 197mm
Series:Portable Library
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The Portable Machiavelli by Niccolo Machiavelli - ISBN: 9780140150926
130 × 197 mm
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About The Author

Niccolo Machiavelli

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) was a Florentine statesman who, after being forced out of public life, devoted himself to studying and writing political philosophy, history, fiction, and drama.

Mark Musa and Peter Bondanella are professors at the Center for Italian Studies at Indiana University. Mark Musa, a former Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellow, is the author of a highly acclaimed translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy. Peter Bondanella, a former Younger Humanist and Senior Fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has published, among other works, Machiavelli and the Art of Renaissance History and Federico Fellini: Essays in Criticism. He is coeditor of The Dictionary of Italian Literature and The Portable Machiavelli.

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