A portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) an Italian diplomat, author, poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright, from the first years spent in Lorenzo the Magnificent's Florence, to ... Read allA portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) an Italian diplomat, author, poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright, from the first years spent in Lorenzo the Magnificent's Florence, to the years of his rise as secretary of the Republic, up to his fall and exile. And again th... Read allA portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) an Italian diplomat, author, poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright, from the first years spent in Lorenzo the Magnificent's Florence, to the years of his rise as secretary of the Republic, up to his fall and exile. And again the court intrigues, conspiracies and wars.