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David Sices Editor & Translator

David Sices is Professor Emeritus of French and Italian, Dartmouth College. James B. Atkinson is an independent scholar.

Discourse on Voluntary Servitude cover

Discourse on Voluntary Servitude

Étienne de La Boétie - Paperback

£9.99

Montaigne: Selected Essays cover

Montaigne: Selected Essays

Michel de Montaigne - Hardback

£40.99

Discourse on Voluntary Servitude cover

Discourse on Voluntary Servitude

Étienne de La Boétie - Hardback

£26.99

The Comedies of Machiavelli cover

The Comedies of Machiavelli

2 authors - Paperback

£19.99

Montaigne: Selected Essays cover

Montaigne: Selected Essays

Michel de Montaigne - Paperback

£14.99