The Machiavelli Imperative

What does the usually urbane Niccolò Cérvantés de'Conti do when faced with an unscrupulous adversary? He calls upon his namesake, Niccolò Machiavelli, from across the ages for advice and counsel, of course. Nick de'Conti is in dire straits and he summons Machiavelli for guidance, across 500 years from the Renaissance. de'Conti, once the most prominent criminal defense attorney in the United States, emerged a broken man from his defense of the president of the United States for treason ( A C...