Niccolo Capponi: 2 books
An Unlikely Prince
The Life and Times of Machiavelli
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
In this compelling new biography, historian Niccolò Capponi frees Machiavelli (14691527) from centuries of misinterpretation. Exploring the Renaissance city of Florence, where Machiavelli lived, Capponi reveals the man behind the legend. A complex portrait of Machiavelli emerges-at once a brilliantly...
The Day the Renaissance Was Saved
The Battle of Anghiari and da Vinci's Lost Masterpiece
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
It was a battle that change the course of history, and was immortalized in a massive painting by Leonardo da Vinci that was thought lost for centuries . . . until now.
On a sweltering day in June 1440, near the Tuscan town of Anghiari, the simmering conflict among Italy’s principal powers...