Fifteen-year-old Josh has chosen to side neither with his twin sister Sophie nor with the Alchemyst, Nicholas Flamel, but rather to fight alongside Dr. John Dee and the mysterious Virginia Dare, while the immortal Machiavelli and Billy the Kid follow the Elders' plans to set loose the monsters of Alcatraz on San Francisco and trigger the end of the humani race.
After fleeing to Ojai, then Paris, and escaping to London, Josh and Sophie Newman are finally home, and after everything they have seen and learned in the past week, they are both more confused than ever.
A manwha adaptation of fifteenth-century Italian leader Niccolo Machiavelli's treatise on political power, statecraft, and the qualities of the ideal ruler, accompanied by the original W.K. Marriott translation and notes.
Contains a chronology of Machiavelli's life, an introduction and text by Alan Ryan that provides context and analysis, and key excerpts from Machiavelli's The Prince and his Discourses.
Presents an overview of issues and ideas presented in Machiavelli's "The Prince" including his new vision of political order and his ideas to replace the Christian Rome government with a civil and secular state.
the intersecting lives of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the world they shaped
Strathern, Paul
2009
Examines the intersecting lives of Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli, and Cesare Borgia, describing how their brief time together in 1502 altered each man's beliefs and work and the course of Western history.
Examines the life of the Florentine intellectual, his relationships with contemporaries ranging from Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo to Cesare Borgia and Pope Alexander VI, his philosophies about power, and the legacy of The Prince.
While armies of the Shadowrealms gather and Machiavelli goes to Alcatraz to kill Perenelle Flamel, fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman accompany the Alchemist to England to find someone who can teach them Water Magic.
