Florentine Histories pdf 尼古拉·马基雅维利
This is a new translation of Machiavelli's study of Florentine history, which (according to Booklist) "aims to supply contemporary readers with a literal, exact, and readable version of the original... charting the story of Florence and its leading families." Includes the translated text and accompanying notes.
"For: three hundred years the Florentine Histories have been regarded with veneration by the scholars of Europe. It is one of those few works to which the judgment of successive generations has assigned a high place in the annals of the world. It has been consulted by the student of History to explore the majestic ruins of the Roman empire, for the origin of all modern states-by the philosopher to trace the progress of light and liberty, as they travelled down through the gloom of the middle ages by the vindicators of man and of truth, to read the story of their servitude, their struggles and their triumphs."