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The Mandrake.
by translated by Wallace Shawn Niccolo Machiavelli, Niccolo Machiavelli, Wallace Shawn

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Author: Niccolo Machiavelli, translated by Wallace Shawn Niccolo Machiavelli, Wallace Shawn
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-01
ISBN: 0822207281
Number of pages: 72
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

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Book Review: Ha! HERE's Machiavelli!
Summary: 5 Stars

Machiavelli is known (and pretty much only known) for "The Prince", but take that as his definitive work and you get a picture of him as some kind of apologist for despots. That is as far from the truth as it gets. Machivelli was not Machiavellian and this brilliant play proves it. A biting and amusing satire against, of all things, corruption! Machivelli wrote this to prove that there was more to him than "The Prince", but, sadly, no one listened. If you study "The Prince", study this as well. It fills out the picture of Machiavelli as an honest, devout, and patriotic visionary. Read the Mandrake, and forget everything you think you know about Machiavelli!

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