Niccolo di Bernardo Machiavelli was the Renaissance Italian who's aptly credited as a founder of political science. He also, of course, has another distinction: His very name is a pejorative. For most ...

As he hurries through the narrow streets of Florence, Niccolò Machiavelli muses anxiously that “slander can dig a grave for an honest man.” In Franco Bernini’s novel “The Throne,” the first book in a ...

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025. Pp. xliv, 314. Ilus., chron., biblio., index. $24.95 / £20.00. ISBN:0691270627 Engaging with a Thinker for the Ages ...

London (CNN) — The Italian Renaissance diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli has become synonymous with subtle scheming. And now, a extremely rare first edition of his most famous work, the political manual ...

We may not all be heads of state (after all, there is only one premier), but one can still learn more about how political power can be acquired, maintained and defended by reading Niccolò ...