Author

Books by Niccolò Machiavelli

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) was a Florentine diplomat, historian, and political theorist who served the Florentine Republic for fourteen years before being exiled when the Medici returned to power. He wrote The Prince in 1513 during that forced retirement. His other major works include the Discourses on Livy, a longer republican analysis of Roman history, and The Art of War. Machiavelli is widely considered the founder of modern political science and one of the most influential — and controversial — political thinkers in Western history.