 | Machiavelli: The Prince (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) by Niccolo Machiavelli
Buy new: $8.57 / Used from: $0.14 Probably the best translation of Machiavelli's classic in English. It is actually a much less nefarious than its supposed fans would lead you to believe.
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 | Discourses on Livy (Oxford World's Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli
Buy used from: $7.32 Until recently this was Machiavelli's most renowned work, and exerted a huge influence on the Founder of the U.S. John Adams especially was an admirer of its republicanism.
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 | Florentine Histories by Niccolo Machiavelli
Buy used from: $9.25 A history of why previous Florentine governments had failed and why they succeded when they did. A defense of republicanism lies throughout the work.
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 | Machiavelli: The Chief Works and Others (3 Vol. Set) by Nicollò di Bernado deiMachiavelli
Buy used from: $49.95 Excellent three-volume edition containing all of Machiavelli's major works in superb translation.
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 | The Letters of Machiavelli : A Selection by Niccolo Machiavelli
Buy new: $20.00 / Used from: $6.45 An excellent collection and translation of key letters by Allan Gilbert, a prominent translator of his work.
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 | The History of Italy by Francesco Guicciardini
Buy new: $21.12 / Used from: $3.89 An important work by Machiavelli's fellow Florentine.
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 | Guicciardini: Dialogue on the Government of Florence (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) by Francesco Guicciardini
Buy used from: $29.98 Guicciardini is unjustly neglected by contemporary students of the history of political philosophy. He and Machiavelli should be studied in tandem.
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 | Machiavelli and Guicciardini : Politics and History in Sixteenth-Century Florence by Gilbert Felix
Buy new: $23.95 / Used from: $14.39 An important study by Felix Gilbert--not to be confused with Allan--on the two great Florentine philosophers.
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 | Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Quentin Skinner
Buy new: $9.32 / Used from: $2.50 A spectacular short study of Machiavelli. A great first book on Machiavelli by one of the foremost historians of political philosophy of our era.
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 | Machiavellian Moment Florentine Political Thought by J. G. A Pocock
Buy used from: $45.65 A classic. The United States is a republic, yet very few Americans understand the historical context for the formation of the nation as a republic. This book helps provides that context.
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 | Machiavelli and Republicanism (Ideas in Context)
Buy new: $34.99 / Used from: $27.24 A very strong collection of articles by many of the world's leading authorities on the subject. Highly recommended.
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| Life of NiccoloÌ Machiavelli by Roberto Ridolfi
Buy used from: $146.12 The standard biography in English. You might have to search for this in a good research library.
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 | Machiavelli in Hell by Sebastian De Grazia
Buy new: $14.78 / Used from: $1.31 A very curious book, though a fascinating one.
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 | Niccolo's Smile: A Biography of Machiavelli by Dr. Maurizio Viroli
Buy new: $11.25 / Used from: $3.74 Another recent biography. Less interesting than MACHIAVELLI IN HELL, though more trustworthy overall.
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 | Machiavelli (Founders of Modern Political and Social Thought) by Maurizio Viroli
Buy new: $55.00 / Used from: $23.82 A strong recent interpretation of Machiavelli's thought.
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 | Machiavelli and Empire (Ideas in Context) by Mikael Hörnqvist
Buy new: $83.46 / Used from: $95.11 I have not read this volume, but any volume in the Ideas in Context series deserves a look.
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 | The Machiavellian Cosmos by Professor Anthony J. Parel
Buy new: $48.00 / Used from: $17.95 An attempt to situate Machiavelli in his intellectual worldview.
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 | Fortune Is a Woman : Gender and Politics in the Thought of Nicollo Machiavelli : With a New Afterword by Hanna Fenichel Pitkin
Buy new: $21.00 / Used from: $5.24 An interesting gender studies approach to Machiavelli.
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 | The Foundations of Modern Political Thought, Vol. 1: The Renaissance by Quentin Skinner
Buy new: $28.04 / Used from: $14.11 A masterpiece by a one of the great scholars of his age. Crucial on the overall context of Machiavelli's thought.
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 | The Foundations of Modern Political Thought, Vol. 2: The Age of Reformation by Quentin Skinner
Buy new: $23.32 / Used from: $16.10 Continues volume two into the Reformation, a period too often neglected by historians of philosophy.
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 | The Cambridge History of Medieval Political Thought c.350-c.1450 (The Cambridge History of Political Thought)
Buy new: $54.02 / Used from: $47.65 An important collection of essays that provide the historical background for Machiavelli's thought.
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 | The Cambridge History of Political Thought 1450-1700
Buy new: $40.16 / Used from: $36.87 Continues the previous volume into Machiavelli's age and beyond.
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 | Renaissance Florence, Updated edition by Gene A. Brucker
Buy new: $12.38 / Used from: $1.25 Provides the overall historical context of Machiavelli's city.
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 | Renaissance Philosophy (History of Western Philosophy) by Brian P. Copenhaver
Buy new: $45.00 / Used from: $19.80 A fine survey of Renaissance philosophy. Ably situates Machiavelli in the larger intellectual landscape.
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 | Thoughts on Machiavelli by Leo Strauss
Buy new: $13.90 / Used from: $10.75 Except for Neocons and Straussians, Leo Strauss is almost universally regarded as a nut. I don't recommend this, but one should know it exists.
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