Diplomatic Missions, 1498-1505

Machiavelli's history of his city, from the fall of Rome to the death of Lorenzo the Magnificent in 1492, commissioned by the Medici themselves. Factions, conspiracies and sharp portraits of rulers, with an introduction by Hugo Albert Rennert.

Niccolò Machiavelli

The half-legendary life of the foundling who became lord of Lucca, written as a portrait of the ideal leader. Also includes Machiavelli's cold account of how Cesare Borgia trapped and killed his rebel captains, in W. K. Marriott's translation.

Niccolò Machiavelli

His later embassies to the Pope, the Emperor and the court of France, up to his last missions in 1527, plus his reports on Germany and France. Includes the account of Duke Valentino's trap at Senigallia, in Christian E. Detmold's translation.

Niccolò Machiavelli