Machiavelli : a very short introduction

Summary: Niccolo Machiavelli taught that political leaders must be prepared to do evil that good may come of it, and his name has been a byword ever since for duplicity and immorality. Is his sinister reputation deserved? In answering this question Quentin Skinner focuses on three major works, The Prince, the Discourses, and The History of Florence, and distills from them an introduction to Machiavelli of exemplary clarity.-publisher description.

Record details

ISBN: 0192854070
ISBN: 9780192854070
ISBN: 0199504644
ISBN: 9780199504640
Physical Description: print
110 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"For this new edition I have thoroughly revised my text and brought the bibliography up to date"--Preface.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-106) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- 1. The diplomat -- 2. The adviser to princes -- 3. The theorist of liberty -- 4. The historian of Florence -- Works by Machiavelli quoted in the text.