The Softer Side of Machiavelli?

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Niccolo Machiavelli may not have been the cold-hearted, power-hungry man the history books would have us believe. Biographer Ross King shows a different side of the man in his new book, Machiavelli.

Event: Ross King will be speaking
Monday, November 12 at 8 pm
92nd Street Y
Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
To purchase tickets, go here.

Machiavelli is available for purchase at amazon.com

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