The Life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca

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

Machiavelli's dispatches as a Florentine envoy to the Countess of Forli, the King of France, the Pope and Cesare Borgia, written in the heat of events. The raw notes behind many lessons of The Prince, in Christian E. Detmold'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