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  • Published: 1 April 2003
  • ISBN: 9780553212785
  • Imprint: Bantam Dell
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $16.99
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The Prince




For students of political science, philosophy, and Italian literature, one of the greatest works of all time, in a refreshingly clear, beautifully crafted translation by an award-winning translator.

Here is the world's most famous master plan for seizing and holding power.  Astonishing in its candor The Prince even today remains a disturbingly realistic and prophetic work on what it takes to be a prince . . . a king . . . a president.  When, in 1512, Machiavelli was removed from his post in his beloved Florence, he resolved to set down a treatise on leadership that was practical, not idealistic.  In The Prince he envisioned would be unencumbered by ordinary ethical and moral values; his prince would be man and beast, fox and lion.  Today, this small sixteenth-century masterpiece has become essential reading for every student of government, and is the ultimate book on power politics.

  • Published: 1 April 2003
  • ISBN: 9780553212785
  • Imprint: Bantam Dell
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $16.99
Categories:

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