Niccolò Machiavelli became a term describing someone or something that is "marked by cunning, duplicity, or bad faith". "Machiavellianism" also remains a popular term used in speeches and journalism; while in psychology, it denotes a personality type. While Machiavellianism is notable in the works of Machiavelli, Machiavelli's works are complex and he is generally agreed to have been more than just "Machiavellian" himself. For example, J.G.A. saw him as a major source of the republicanism that spread throughout England and North America in the 17th and 18th centuries and Leo , whose view of Machiavelli is quite different in many ways, agreed
The New Machiavelli interesting"; another admirer, Henry James, regarded Wells's use of the first person an artistic mistake. Beatrice Webb called "The New Machiavelli" "very clever in a malicious way" but did not sue, saying that the novel "lays bare the tragedy of H.G.'s life—his aptitude for 'fine thinking' and even 'good feeling' and yet his total incapacity for decent conduct". Some libraries banned the book and the "Spectator" did not review it. Reviewers were receptive to Wells's political argument but hostile to its sexual message. The New Machiavelli The New Machiavelli is a 1911 novel by H. G. Wells that was serialised