Strathern, Paul. The artist, the philosopher and the warrior : Leonardo, Machiavelli and Borgia - a fateful collusion

Folger bibliographic ID: 235526
Folger call number: DG540.8.A1 S77 2009b
Folger holdings ID: 289221

General notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

Leonardo learning -- Machiavelli: a surprise appointment -- The pope and his bastard -- Cesare rising -- Treachery and bluff -- Obeying orders -- 'Either Caesar or nothing' -- 'A new science' -- Leonardo at work -- Borgia at bay -- Machiavelli's mission -- The ghost -- Borgia negotiates -- A definitive move -- 'An action worthy of a Roman' -- 'What has happened so far is nothing compared to what is planned for the future' -- Leonardo at work -- Machiavelli uses his influence -- The election of a new pope -- Squaring the circle -- A changed man -- Return to Florence -- Coaxing water -- Borgia's gamble -- Machiavelli's militia -- Borgia in Spain -- Leonardo's loss -- 'Am I a Machiavel?'

Extended title: The artist, the philosopher and the warrior : Leonardo, Machiavelli and Borgia - a fateful collusion / Paul Strathern

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527 Borgia, Cesare, 1476?-1507 Renaissance Italy Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519

author: Strathern, Paul, 1940-
subject: Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
subject: Borgia, Cesare, 1476?-1507
subject: Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519