History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy, Vol. 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy, Vol. 1 by Niccolo Machiavelli, 1469 - 1527: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 31 original MP3 tracks, 8:52:36 running time and a link to listen.
History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy, Vol. 1, credited to Niccolo Machiavelli, 1469 - 1527, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy, Vol. 1, by Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) read by LibriVox volunteers. History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy is an historical account by Niccolò Machiavelli. Toward the end of 1520, the Cardinal Giulio of Medici, later Pope Clement VII, offered Machiavelli the appointment to write a history of Florence. Although Machiavelli was reluctant to accept, accepting was at that time his only possible way to regain the good graces of the Medici. Doing the history also provided a way for Machiavelli's views to become the "official" history of Florentine and Italian affairs. Once completed, the work was presented officially to Giulio, now Pope, in May of 1526. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline.) Per Project Gutenberg, this text was typed up from a Universal Classics Library edition, published in 1901 by W. Walter Dunne, New York and London. The translator was not named. This is vol 1 of three volumes of the LibriVox recording or this work.
Recording facts
- Recording title: History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy, Vol. 1
- Author credits: Niccolo Machiavelli, 1469 - 1527
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 31
- Listed recording duration: 8:52:36
Catalogue topics
- audio book
- history
- Florence
- Italy
- Machiavelli
- Medieval History
- Italian History
Opening tracks: first 24 of 31
- 00: Book 1, Introduction — 9:51
- 01: Book 1, Chapter 1 — 11:23
- 02: Book 1, Chapter 2 — 17:40
- 03: Book 1, Chapter 3 — 17:04
- 04: Book 1, Chapter 4 — 21:54
- 05: Book 1, Chapter 5 — 15:30
- 06: Book 1, Chapter 6 — 23:12
- 07: Book 1, Chapter 7 — 18:34
- 08: Book 2, Chapter 1 — 18:09
- 09: Book 2, Chapter 2 — 17:43
- 10: Book 2, Chapter 3 — 14:20
- 11: Book 2, Chapter 4 — 18:18
- 12: Book 2, Chapter 5 — 13:56
- 13: Book 2, Chapter 6 — 12:56
- 14: Book 2, Chapter 7 — 13:49
- 15: Book 2, Chapter 8 — 30:07
- 16: Book 2, Chapter 9 — 15:56
- 17: Book 3, Chapter 1 — 24:14
- 18: Book 3, Chapter 2 — 14:21
- 19: Book 3, Chapter 3 — 17:22
- 20: Book 3, Chapter 4 — 15:18
- 21: Book 3, Chapter 5 — 12:32
- 22: Book 3, Chapter 6 — 13:14
- 23: Book 3, Chapter 7 — 17:42
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