Florence, 1498.
As he tries to counter the Borgia threat, Machiavelli is plunged into the grim r.
Niccol Machiavelli is young and inexperienced when he becomes second secretary of the Florentine chancellery, but he is destined to become his city\'s leading diplomat.
But Florence is weak and threatened by a new warlord who is rampaging across central Italy-Cesare Borgia.
The long rule of the Medici is over and a new regime has emerged from the turbulence, a genuine republic of the people.
Florence, 1498