Bernard crick's introduction and endnotes are very helpful.

Bernard crick's introduction and endnotes are very helpful.  Read Less

They try and demonstrate his greatness with the prince, which, while quite good, is a work of sycophancy.

They try and demonstrate his greatness with the prince, which, while quite good, is a work of sycophancy.  Read Less

All three books in his 'discorsi' are rife with the author's eloquent if somewhat austere axioms that remain interesting to rum...  Read More

All three books in his 'discorsi' are rife with the author's eloquent if somewhat austere axioms that remain interesting to ruminate upon today, even as the brutal context that renaissance italy immersed his political dictum within is thankfully no longer relevant as it was in niccolò's era.  Read Less

Still though, it is less flavourful than the prince, and part of his work is disproven by modern politics.

Still though, it is less flavourful than the prince, and part of his work is disproven by modern politics.  Read Less

It helps to have read similar literary works of a comparable difficulty level.

It helps to have read similar literary works of a comparable difficulty level.  Read Less