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Book Title: Redeeming The Prince: The Meaning Of Machiavelli's Masterpie...
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Redeeming the Prince : the Meaning of Machiavelli's Masterpiece
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2013
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: Europe / Italy, Internet / General, Modern / 16th Century, History & Theory, Research, History, Information Technology
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13 Oz
Author: Maurizio Viroli
Subject Area: Political Science, Computers, Référence, Science, History
Item Length: 8.7 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
