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

Masters, Roger D.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0756751241 ISBN 13 : 9780756751241

Editeur : Diane Pub Co, 1998

A propos du livre

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Diane Pub Co
• Date d'édition: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0756751241
• ISBN 13: 9780756751241
• Reliure: Relié