For many years, historians knew of only ten first-edition copies of Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince—the controversial ...

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 ...

Overall, Niccolò Machiavelli: An Intellectual Biography provides insights regarding Machiavelli’s personal and intellectual development, focusing on the interplay between them. It is a worthy addition ...

A review of Machiavelli’s Effectual Truth by Harvey C. Mansfield. When, twenty-eight years ago on the eve of his sixty-fifth birthday, Mansfield ushered into print a collection of the essays he had ...