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A Rare First-Edition Copy of Machiavelli’s Notorious Political Treatise 'The Prince' Heads to Auction

For many years, historians knew of only ten first-edition copies of Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince—the controversial ...
CNN

Rare first edition of Machiavelli’s famous leadership treatise, ‘The Prince,’ goes up for auction

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 ...
Wall Street Journal

Your Money Briefing

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. J.R. Whalen: Here's Your Money Briefing for Friday, October 29th. I'm J.R. Whalen ...
City Journal

Machiavelli’s World

Machiavelli’s Effectual Truth: Creating the Modern World, by Harvey C. Mansfield (Cambridge University Press, 298 pp., $34.99) Harvey Mansfield, not known for timidity, has characteristically titled ...
The New York Times

This 19th-Century Novel Is a Playbook for Surviving Autocracy

Stendhal’s “The Charterhouse of Parma” lays out thousands of rules and stratagems for elites trying to stay in the good graces of a powerful and capricious ruler. By Liesl Schillinger Liesl ...
Wall Street Journal

Your Money Briefing

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. J.R. Whalen: Here's Your Money Briefing for Friday, October 29th. I'm J.R. Whalen ...