Biagio Buonaccorsi describes life back at the office in his letter to Machiavelli, who is away on a diplomatic mission. Machiavelli was very popular with his subordinates, and their letters to him are full of good-natured profanity and “taking the piss.” Machiavelli and his Friends is an indispensible resource for these kind of letters, containing almost every letter written between him and his friends & family.
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