The Story
Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeIn this intellectual biography, Sebastian de Grazia presents a new vision of Machiavelli that evokes, with uncanny precision, the great Florentine thinkers presence. After providing an engrossing account of Machiavellis childhood and the period following his imprisonment and torture, the book turns to an examination of The Prince. The details of Machiavellis life never cease to weave in and out of the narrative, as we read how his ideas gather power and coalesce into a unified vision of humankind and the world.De Grazias achievement is to present a totally comprehensive view of Machiavelli mediated entirely through Machiavellis own language.Journal of Modern History
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Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeIn this intellectual biography, Sebastian de Grazia presents a new vision of Machiavelli that evokes, with uncanny precision, the great Florentine thinkers presence. After providing an engrossing account of Machiavellis childhood and the period following his imprisonment and torture, the book turns to an examination of The Prince. The details of Machiavellis life never cease to weave in and out of the narrative, as we read how his ideas gather power and coalesce into a unified vision of humankind and the world.De Grazias achievement is to present a totally comprehensive view of Machiavelli mediated entirely through Machiavellis own language.Journal of Modern History
