Upbraiding his countrymen for failing to obey a national lockdown order, French President Emmanuel Macron decried what he called their “insouciance.” Mr. Macron, who wrote a youthful essay on the ...

The Italian Renaissance diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli has become synonymous with subtle scheming. And now, an extremely rare first edition of his most famous work, the political manual “The Prince,” is ...

Clues concerning Machiavelli’s thinking as to his own immediate personal path lie in one of the Italian Renaissance’s most beautiful—and in some ways most deceiving—letters, which he wrote to his ...

Insights into Machiavelli’s Personal and Intellectual Development. This book represents a valuable contribution to understanding Machiavelli, by linking his ideas with the life and context in which ...

Niccolo di Bernardo Machiavelli was the Renaissance Italian who's aptly credited as a founder of political science. He also, of course, has another distinction: His very name is a pejorative. For most ...

Stacey Vanek Smith probably had a terrific elevator pitch for her debut book, “Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace.” After all, Niccolò Machiavelli, ...

The name Niccolo Machiavelli is synonymous with political deceit, cynicism and the ruthless use of power. The Italian Renaissance writer called his most famous work, The Prince, a handbook for ...

We speak with the host of The Indicator from Planet Money about her new book We speak with the host of NPR's The Indicator from Planet Money, Stacey Vanek Smith. about her new book, Machiavelli for ...

Niccollò Machiavelli's "The Prince," a guide for the ideal ruler, made his name synonymous with a ruthless pragmatism based on the manipulation and total defeat of an enemy. But the ancient book that ...

This book represents a valuable contribution to understanding Machiavelli, by linking his ideas with the life and context in which they were developed. While those analyzing Machiavelli have often ...