by Erica Benner · Allen Lane · tapa dura · ISBN 9781846147074
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«Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli's Lifelong Quest for Freedom» is the biography of Niccolò Machiavelli written by Erica Benner, published by Allen Lane in hardback (352 pages, in English).
The work traces Machiavelli's life and his efforts to preserve Florence's democratic freedoms in an age of wealthy dynasties and military leaders such as Cesare Borgia. Benner interweaves Machiavelli's own words with those of his friends and enemies to reveal an ethical thinker who, in corrupt times, resorted to the fox's own dissimulation to defend his ideals without abandoning them.
The hardback edition was published on 25 April 2017. The work falls within the genres of biography, history and political philosophy, and its focus is on Renaissance Florence.
Recommended for readers interested in the history of political thought, the Italian Renaissance and biographies that examine Machiavelli's work beyond the myth of Machiavellianism.
