Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) is the most famous and controversial figure in the history of political thought and one of the iconic names of the Renaissanc

A vivid portrait of this extraordinary thinker, assessing his place in Western thought since the Renaissance.

Niccoláo Machiavelli (1469-1527) is the most famous and controversial figure in the history of political thought and one of the iconic names of the Renaissance

A comprehensive and authoritative account of one of the greatest and most prolific writers of classical antiquity.

"Hanna Pitkin's study of Machiavelli was the first to place gender systematically at the center of its exploration of his political thought. Rife with contradic