Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Niccolo Machiavelli

*Includes pictures of Machiavelli and important people and places.*Explains the historical background of Machiavelli's life and the political context within which he wrote The Prince.*Discusses lingering controversies surrounding Machiavelli and his work, including whether The Prince was intended as a satire or an effort to spark a rebellion.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.“The assumptions of the entire western political tradition from Plato onwards were called into question by a generation of radical thinkers, of whom the greatest and most radical was Niccolò Machiavelli.” – James Hankins“No epitaph can match so great a name,” reads the inscription on Niccolò Machiavelli’s tomb in the church of Santa Croce in Florence. Such praise of the notorious author of The Prince, the “teacher of evil,” according to Leo Strauss, may seem misplaced to those with only a passing knowledge of one of history’s most famous political philosophers and theorists.