Fortune Is a River: Ceonardo Da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli's Magnificent Dream to Change the Course of Florentine History - Couverture rigide

Masters, Roger D.

 
9780684844527: Fortune Is a River: Ceonardo Da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli's Magnificent Dream to Change the Course of Florentine History
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ISBN 10 : 0684844524 ISBN 13 : 9780684844527
Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

Telling of the friendship of Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli, this text explores how the pair joined together under the inspiration of da Vinci's dream in an attempt to build a system of canals that would make the Arno River navigable from Florence to the sea.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Few people know that Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli formed a lifelong friendship when da Vinci worked as a spy in Cesare Borgia's court and Machiavelli was his Florentine contact.
Astonishingly, during the rich first decade of the 16th century, the pair joined together under the inspiration of one of da Vinci's most fantastic lifelong dreams: to build a system of canals that would make the Arno River navigable from Florence to the sea. Under Machiavelli's close supervision the Florentine government tried - but failed - to realise a portion of this plan in 1503.
FORTUNE IS A RIVER opens a hidden window into the art, politics, intrigue, and genius of Renaissance Florence while weaving a brilliant narrative history of the relationship between two of its geniuses. With cameo appearances by the Medicis, Botticelli, Michelangelo, and Amerigo Vespucci - as well as beautiful reproductions of da Vinci's own line-drawings - this unknown story brings the Renaissance vividly to life.

Biographie de l'auteur

Roger D. Masters is a Nelson A. Rockefeller Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. Known for his writings on Machiavelli and Rousseau.

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Éditeur
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0684844524
ISBN 13 
9780684844527
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
278
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0452280907 ISBN 13 :  9780452280908
Editeur : Penguin, 1999
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