Niccolò's smile : a biography of Machiavelli

Author(s)

• Viroli, Maurizio

Bibliographic Information

Niccolò's smile : a biography of Machiavelli

Maurizio Viroli ; translated from the Italian by Antony Shugaar

I. B. Tauris, 2001

Other Title

Sorriso di Niccolò

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This biography traces Machiavelli's life from humble beginnings to his appointment as representative of foreign affairs for Florence, his subsequent fall from grace, torture and final exile, where, in the gardens of the Rucellai villa, he composed texts that were to ensure his fame for posterity.

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Details

• NCID: BA53161533
• ISBN:
  • 1850435308
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ita
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 271 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DG738.14.M2
  • DC21 : 945/.5106/092
  • DC21 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
  • LCSH : Florence (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 1421-1737
  • LCSH : Statesmen -- Italy -- Florence Biography
  • LCSH : Intellectuals -- Italy -- Florence Biography
  • LCSH : Authors, Italian -- 16th century Biography