History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy, Vol. 2: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy, Vol. 2, credited to Niccolo Machiavelli, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of History of Florence Vol. 2 by Niccolo Machiavelli, read by LibriVox volunteers, proofed by Heart of Texas, and produced by Karen Merline. History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy is an historical account by Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527). 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. The translator is unknown, but the copyright has been cleared by Wikipedia. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline.)

Recording facts

• Recording title: History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy, Vol. 2
• Author credits: Niccolo Machiavelli
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 27
• Listed recording duration: 8:12:33

Catalogue topics

• audio books
• Italy
• Florence
• politics
• history

Opening tracks: first 24 of 27

1. 01 - Bk 5 Ch 1: The military factions of Sforza and Braccio — 15:58
2. 02 - Bk 5 Ch 2: Rene of Anjou and Alfonso of Aragon aspire to the kingdom — 19:10
3. 03 - Bk 5 Ch 3: The Florentines go to war with Lucca — 21:28
4. 04 - Bk 5 Ch 4: Niccolo Piccinino, in concert with the duke of Milan, deceives the Pope — 24:22
5. 05 - Bk 5 Ch 5: Francesco Sforza marches to assist the Venetians — 18:02
6. 06 - Bk 5 Ch 6: The pope imprisons the cardinal and assists the Florentines — 17:54
7. 07 - Bk 5 Ch 7: Brescia relieved by Sforza — 15:09
8. 08 - Bk 6 Ch 1: Reflections on the object of war and the use of victory — 19:41
9. 09 - Bk 6 Ch 2: Discords of Florence — 20:36
10. 10 - Bk 6 Ch 3: Death of Filippo Visconti, duke of Milan — 20:15
11. 11 - Bk 6 Ch 4: League of the Venetians and Milanese — 17:50
12. 12 - Bk 6 Ch 5: League between the new duke of Milan and the Florentines — 17:03
13. 13 - Bk 6 Ch 6: Conspiracy of Stefano Porcari against the papal government — 14:55
14. 14 - Bk 6 Ch 7: Christendom alarmed by the progress of the Turks — 15:46
15. 15 - Bk 7 Ch 1: Connection of the other Italian governments with the history of Florence — 23:32
16. 16 - Bk 7 Ch 2: The duke of Milan becomes lord of Genoa — 18:38
17. 17 - Bk 7 Ch 3: Niccolo Soderini drawn Gonfalonier of Justice — 17:08
18. 18 - Bk 7 Ch 4: War between the Venetians and the Florentines — 15:43
19. 19 - Bk 7 Ch 5: Bernardo takes possession of Prato — 14:12
20. 20 - Bk 7 Ch 6: Origin of the animosity between Sixtus IV and Lorenzo de' Medici — 19:05
21. 21 - Bk 8 Ch 1: State of the family of the Medici at Florence — 18:43
22. 22 - Bk 8 Ch 2: Giuliano de' Medici slain--Lorenzo escapes — 21:15
23. 23 - Bk 8 Ch 3: The Florentines prepare for war against the pope — 14:25
24. 24 - Bk 8 Ch 4: The duke of Calabria routs the Florentine army at Poggibonzi — 22:40

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