Niccolo Machiavelli - The Prince & Other Works (10 books)

NICCOLÒ DI BERNARDO DEI MACHIAVELLI (1469-1527) was an Italian historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. Machiavelli was for many years an official in the Florentine Republic, with responsibilities in diplomatic and military affairs. He was a founder of modern political science, and more specifically political ethics.

In addition to many lesser known works, two key texts of political history and philosophy are included: Machiavelli's masterpiece, THE PRINCE, was written in 1513 after the Medici had recovered power and he no longer held a position of responsibility in Florence. It was not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death. The treatise is not representative of the work published during his lifetime, but it is the most remembered and the work responsible for bringing "Machiavellian" into wide usage as a pejorative term. Six translations are provided here (Gilbert, Wootton, Bondanella, Atkinson, Constantine, and Mansfield).

The DISCOURSES ON LIVY was written ca. 1517 but only published posthumously with papal privilege in 1531. There are 4 translations here (Gilbert, Wootton, Thomson, and Mansfield & Tarcov).

Machiavelli also wrote comedies, here represented by THE WOMAN FROM ANDROS, THE MANDRAKE, and CLIZIA. Finally, his personal correspondence is renowned in the Italian language.


The following books are in PDF format, except for THE ESSENTIAL WRITINGS (epub):

* THE CHIEF WORKS AND OTHERS, VOL. I (Duke University Press, 1989). Translated by Allan Gilbert.

* THE COMEDIES OF MACHIAVELLI [Bilingual edition] (Hackett, 2007). Edited and translated by David Sices and James B. Atkinson.

* DISCOURSES ON LIVY (University of Chicago Press, 2006). Translated by Harvey C. Mansfield and Nathan Tarcov.

* DISCOURSES ON LIVY (Dover, 2007). Translated by Ninian Hill Thomson.

* THE ESSENTIAL WRITINGS OF MACHIAVELLI (Modern Library, 2007). Edited and translated by Peter Constantine, with an Introduction by Albert Russell Ascoli. (EPUB)

* THE LETTERS OF MACHIAVELLI: A SELECTION (University of Chicago Press, 1988). Edited and translated by Allan Gilbert.

* THE PRINCE (Hackett, 2008). Translated with Introduction and Notes by James B. Atkinson.

* THE PRINCE (Oxford World's Classics, 2005). Translated and edited by Peter Bondanella.

* THE PRINCE (University of Chicago Press, 1998; 2nd end). Translated with an Introduction by Harvey C. Mansfield.

* SELECTED POLITICAL WRITINGS (Hackett, 1994). Edited and translated by David Wootton.

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Other Works by Machiavelli:

THE PORTABLE MACHIAVELLI (Bondanella & Musa, eds.) can be found here:
http://kickasstorrents.ee/the-portable-machiavelli-tqw-darksiderg-t3094958.html

Machiavelli's THE ART OF WAR (Wood, trans.) is here:
http://kickasstorrents.ee/the-art-of-war-machiavelli-retail-epub-mobi-t7331133.html