Robert Black is Emeritus Professor of Renaissance History at the University of Leeds. In 2013 his book Machiavelli was named a Book of the Year by The Times Literary Supplement. He was awarded the 'Premio Mario Salmi' by the Brigata Aretina degli Amici dei Monumenti in 2019. In 2021, the volume of essays Renaissance Politics and Culture: Essays in Honour of Robert Black celebrated his contributions to the history of the Renaissance.

• Acknowledgments; Introduction; Select Bibliographies; A Note on the Text, Translation, and Edition; Book I; Book II; Book III; Letter of Niccolò Machiavelli to Zanobi Buondelmonte and Cosimo Rucellai; Sources Mentioned in the Notes to the Text; Notes on the Vocabulary of the Discourses; Timeline: Ancient Rome; Timeline: Machiavelli; Index.

Robert Black is Emeritus Professor of Renaissance History at the University of Leeds. In 2013 his book Machiavelli was named a Book of the Year by The Times Literary Supplement. He was awarded the 'Premio Mario Salmi' by the Brigata Aretina degli Amici dei Monumenti in 2019. In 2021, the volume of essays Renaissance Politics and Culture: Essays in Honour of Robert Black celebrated his contributions to the history of the Renaissance.

• Acknowledgments; Introduction; Select Bibliographies; A Note on the Text, Translation, and Edition; Book I; Book II; Book III; Letter of Niccolò Machiavelli to Zanobi Buondelmonte and Cosimo Rucellai; Sources Mentioned in the Notes to the Text; Notes on the Vocabulary of the Discourses; Timeline: Ancient Rome; Timeline: Machiavelli; Index.

Robert Black is Emeritus Professor of Renaissance History at the University of Leeds. In 2013 his book Machiavelli was named a Book of the Year by The Times Literary Supplement. He was awarded the 'Premio Mario Salmi' by the Brigata Aretina degli Amici dei Monumenti in 2019. In 2021, the volume of essays Renaissance Politics and Culture: Essays in Honour of Robert Black celebrated his contributions to the history of the Renaissance.

• Acknowledgments; Introduction; Select Bibliographies; A Note on the Text, Translation, and Edition; Book I; Book II; Book III; Letter of Niccolò Machiavelli to Zanobi Buondelmonte and Cosimo Rucellai; Sources Mentioned in the Notes to the Text; Notes on the Vocabulary of the Discourses; Timeline: Ancient Rome; Timeline: Machiavelli; Index.