Machiavelli: The Art of Teaching People What to Fear by Patrick Boucheron

Machiavelli: The Art of Teaching People What to Fear

Patrick Boucheron with Willard Wood (Translator)

160 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative slow-paced
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In a series of poignant vignettes, a preeminent historian makes a compelling case for Machiavelli as an unjustly maligned figure with valuable political insights that resonate as strongly today as they did in his time. Whenever a tempestuous p...

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