Before us ? the first Russian edition ?History of Florence? Niccol Machiavelli . Written about four hundred and fifty years ago, this History? and today is full of deep meaning, it brings to us the intense drama of the Renaissance - the time of great ups and downs, its pages are filled with real actors. Man, citizen, people, country? these are the main themes of his ?History?. Sharp social contractions? a pattern that drives the entire historical process? such is the concept of Machiavellian historian. This is the first book in the history of European thought, combining a deep analysis of human life, subtle psychologism and a broad worldview. This is the first study devoted to the history of Italy, namely, its scope, in which the past is studied against the background of modernity to use the experience of victories and defeats in Italy of the future. It is quite natural, therefore, that the historical work of a thinker of the first magnitude and a first-class literary master of this talent-rich era will attract the attention of a wide range of readers. Other books by the author on the website. Machiavelli - The Sovereign . Machiavelli's Discourse on the First Decade of Titus Livy