Be Like The Fox - Erica Benner

Guardian Books Of The Year 2017 Longlisted For The Historical Writers' Association Non-fiction Crown 2017 'lively, Compulsively Readable, Fluently Written And Unshowily Erudite' Guardian 'a Gripping Portrait Of A Brilliant Political Thinker, Who Understood The Dangers Of Authoritarianism And Looked For Ways To Curb Them Even Though Independent Speech Had Become Impossible' The Yorker 'a Ripping Read. Fascinating, Charming, Enjoyably Unorthodox' Telegraph Niccol Machiavelli Lived In A Fiercely Competitive World, One Where Brute Wealth, Brazen Liars And Ruthless Self-promoters Seemed To Carry Off All The Prizes; Where The Wealthy Elite Grew Richer At The Expense Of Their Fellow Citizens. In Times Like These, Many Looked To Crusading Religion To Solve Their Problems, Or They Turned To A Breed Of Leaders - Super-rich Dynasties Like The Medici Or Military Strongmen Like Cesare Borgia; Upstarts From Outside The Old Ruling Classes.