Niccolò Machiavelli is renowned for being one of the most famous writers of his time. While subsequent scribes have decried him as a cynic, a soulless proponent of tyranny, and a political genius, few ...

The man whose 1513 work The Prince stands as the foundational document of Western political science has ever since been excoriated for his worship of raw power or praised for his grasp of realpolitik.

A tourist visiting one of Italy's most famous churches, the Basilica di Santa Croce in Florence, died after a decorative stone fell on top of him. Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Italian ...

Yet almost immediately following publication of The Prince in England in 1584, Machiavellian became a byword for cunning and unscrupulous pragmatism in politics. We find Shakespeare putting this boast ...

He wrote the world’s most famous manual on how to cheat and scheme your way to the top. But in real-life Niccolo Machiavelli was a caring family man who loved and doted on his six children. A new ...

Niccolo Machiavelli was for Shakespeare "the murderous Machiavel". He was the author of The Prince, that infamous book of advice to rulers that turned traditional Christian morality on its head. The ...

The Italian Renaissance diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli has become synonymous with subtle scheming. And now, an extremely rare first edition of his most famous work, the political manual “The Prince,” is ...

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