Introducing Machiavelli: A Graphic Guide

Patrick Curry, Oscar Zarate (Illustrator)

$9.95

Publication Date: January 16th, 2012

Publisher:

Icon Books

ISBN:

9781848311756

Pages:

176

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Description

Nicol Machiavelli's The Prince remains controversial in its electrifying frankness as a practical guide to power. Is it a how-to manual for dictators, or a subtle analysis of successful government? Introducing Machiavelli traces the colorful life of this paradoxical realist whose clear-sighted patriotism made him the first truly modern political scientist.

About the Author

Patrick Curry is a lecturer in Religious Studies at the Univeristy of Kent. Oscar Zarate is one of the UK's leading graphic artists. He has illustrated numerous Introducing series titles. His graphic novel A Small Killing won the Will Eisner Prize.