This Italian writer's major works were a vain attempt to win back favor of the Medicis
Certainly, Machiavelli contributed to a large number of important discourses in ... 
comparison with many important figures of the Italian Renaissance (the following 
... the Discourses on the Ten Books of Titus Livy, an exposition of the principles of 
... Machiavelli began to return to the favor of the Medici family.