Machiavelli: A Renaissance Life by Joseph Markulin (historical fiction biography)

Many times the author seems to be wishing he was writing a political and military analysis of Italy at the time.  It isn't a bad thing, and it would help any reader who wasn't familiar with the circumstances to understand Machiavelli's motives.  Overall, this long book is enjoyable, especially in depictions of day to day Florentine life and the love story, but it does have some slow sections.  There must have been some recent renewal of interest in Machiavelli, as I recently reviewed an analysis of his writings, and I just saw a new nonfiction biography on the shelves.