The New Machiavelli - H. G. Wells - The New Machiavelli is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1911. The story is told by Richard Remington, an ideological man with dreams of social and political reform. After marrying a wealthy heiress, he becomes a politican, but his career is damaged by an affair that he has. The book is his story after he abandons his job and wife and flees to Italy. Th...