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The author is a descendant of one of the little-known figures in Renaissance Italian politics. Just finished reading this, and *highly* recommend it to anyone interested in nonfiction, history, the Renaissance, Italy, art, or Machiavelli. :')

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The Montefeltro Conspiracy: A Renaissance Mystery Decoded by Marcello Simonetta Kindle Paperback Bantam hardcover search

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[SunkenCiv]

quote from Dante on p 181:

For when the power of thought / is coupled with ill will and naked force / there is no refuge from it for mankind.

and, from Machiavelli, quoted on p 207:

What the prince does the many also soon do / for to their eyes the prince is ever in view.