... been powerful if he would have followed the basic rules Machiavelli laid out. Louis gave too much power to others and therefore he lost his power. Machiavelli's works are world renowned and still read and practiced by many. The next author to give me an insight on Italy was Dante". The book I read by Dante" was called the Inferno. The Inferno is more than just a fictional story ... about someone traveling through the universe. It is actually more like an autobiographical journey of life through its author, Dante Alighieri's eyes ... . Written in the early 1300's by a disgruntled Dante l...

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