| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 111.1

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Book Review

Europe: Early Modern and Modern

Mikael Hörnqvist. Machiavelli and Empire. (Ideas in Context, number 71.) New York: Cambridge University Press. 2004. Pp. xi, 302. $75.00.

Mikael Hörnqvist's book thoughtfully situates Niccolò Machiavelli in historical context and offers many careful, subtle, detailed readings of his works. Following J. G. A. Pocock and Victoria Kahn, Hörnqvist claims that the classically trained Machiavelli should be read rhetorically and that his works constitute calculated interventions in contemporary debates. Hörnqvist distinguishes his approach from those of Thomas M. Greene and John Najemy, who stress the indeterminacy and instability of Machiavelli's works. By contrast, Hörnqvist's Machiavelli is in control everywhere; unlike Homer, he never nods.

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