The Mandrake (Italian: La Mandragola; written in 1518 and first printed in 1524) is an acclaimed satirical play by Niccolò Machiavelli. Its tale of the corruption of Italian society was written while Machiavelli was in exile, allegedly having plotted...
The abbey habit LITTLE MORE than a year after he stepped down as a director of the Royal Bank of Scotland to return to the employ of the Prince of Wales, where he was charged with overseeing the plans for his coronation, Sir...
TONY BLAIR may take his re-election as Prime Minister for granted, but Mandrake trusts that the decision of one of the nation's most powerful and secretive dining clubs not to admit him - after keeping him waiting a humiliating six years - will bring...
In the following essay, Palmer discusses Machiavelli as the architect of the political thought that characterized the Renaissance and as exemplified in Mandragola.
