Relaxation Rewind! The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli, Part 1
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
Sharon Handy
4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
In this newly remastered episode, rule over sleep with the pithy prose of Machiavelli. But first, a very long introduction to our author and the twisted papal politics of 15th century Italy. Yawn!
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime. |
| 0:08.0 | I hope tonight selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you |
| 0:17.2 | get some sleep. Before we begin with the second in our series of relaxation rewinds, I'd like to give a special |
| 0:26.7 | shout out of thanks to some new members of our Patreon family. |
| 0:31.1 | Judith, Morgan, Deborah, and Kari. |
| 0:37.0 | Thank you all so much for supporting this podcast. |
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| 1:33.0 | Find a comfortable spot. |
| 1:37.0 | Adjust your volume. |
| 1:40.0 | Take a nice deep breath in. |
| 1:47.0 | Let it out slowly. |
| 1:51.0 | And off we go. |
| 1:59.0 | Tonight we're relaxing with a classic of politics. The Prince by Nicola Macievelli, translated by WK Marriott, published by J.M. Denton Sons |
| 2:08.9 | London in 1908. Let's begin. |
| 2:14.0 | Introduction |
| 2:19.0 | Nicola Machiavelli was born at Florence on the 3rd of May 1469. He was the second son of |
| 2:28.6 | Bernardo de Nicola Macievelli, a lawyer of some repute, and of Bartolomea de Stephanonelli, his wife. |
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