Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 3
5. Florence and the Medici 14
6. Giuliano and His Venetian Friends 36
7. Giuliano and Cesare Borgia 54
8. Giuliano and Machiavelli 73
9. Giuliano, Capo of Florence 98
10. Giuliano and the Boscoli-Capponi Conspiracy 117
11. Giuliano and Leonardo da Vinci 135
12. Giuliano as Machiavelli's Il Principe 157
13. Raphael's Portrait of Giuliano as Machiavelli's New Prince 183
14. Death and Burial 195
15. Notes 215
16. Bibliography 267
17. Index 289