Machiavelli also spends a good bit of the audiobook. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit. The treatise is not actually representative of his published work during his lifetime. In 2007, shortly after he appeared in several episodes of the sopranos, he recorded his first book. Subscribe to our free ebooks blog and email newsletter. Machiavelli wrote the prince in 15, after he was forced to leave florence as a political exile. The prince by niccolo machiavelli on free audio book download. Marriott, from gutenberg etext, in the public domain.
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