Patrick Boucheron is a French historian. He previously taught medieval history at the cole normale superieure and the University of Paris, and is currently a professor of history at the Coll ge de France. He is the author of twelve books and the editor of five, including France in the World, which became a bestseller in France. Willard Wood, who grew up in France, has translated more than twenty-five books from the French. He is a recipient of the Lewis Galanti re Award for Literary Translation and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Translation. He lives in Norfolk, Connecticut.
It is never too late to break the cliches surrounding Machiavelli. He is never going out of fashion. --Le Figaro Patrick Boucheron has the talent of good teachers: he makes history accessible for everyone. --Le Monde To bring back Machiavelli, that captivating mind of the Renaissance, nothing equals the great Patrick Boucheron --Telerama