The New Machiavelli

by H. G. Wells, Simon James (Editor), Michael Foot (Introduction)

Overview

A successful author and Liberal MP with a loving and benevolent wife, Richard Remington appears to be a man to envy. But underneath his superficial contentment, he is far from happy with either his marriage or the politics of his party. The New Machiavelli describes the disarray into which his life is thrown, when he meets the young and beautiful Isabel Rivers and becomes tormented by desire. At first, he struggles to resist and remain focused upon his familiar political, personal and social life. But as he soon learns, it is harder than he could have imagined to turn his back on love.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780141921204
Publisher:	Penguin UK
Publication date:	05/26/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	512
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

H.G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist who published more than a hundred books, including pioneering science fiction novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. He was a founding member of numerous movements including Liberty and PEN International - the world's oldest human rights organization - and his Rights of Man laid the groundwork for the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Wells' controversial and progressive views on equality and the shape of a truly developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He was, in Bertrand Russell's words, 'an important liberator of thought and action'.

Date of Birth:

September 21, 1866

Date of Death:

August 13, 1946

Place of Birth:

Bromley, Kent, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

Normal School of Science, London, England

Table of Contents

Book 1	The Making of a Man
1	Concerning a Book That Was Never Written	3
2	Bromstead and my Father	13
3	Scholastic	47
4	Adolescence	91
Book 2	Margaret
1	Margaret in Staffordshire	157
2	Margaret in London	193
3	Margaret in Venice	235
4	The House in Westminster	243
Book 3	The Heart of Politics
1	The Riddle for the Statesman	281
2	Seeking Associates	325
3	Secession	369
4	The Besetting of Sex	387