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Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction
Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press (2000)
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Quentin Skinner focuses on three major works, The Prince, the Discourses, and The History of Florence, and distils from them an introduction to Machiavelli's doctrines of exemplary clarity.Author's Profile
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