Niccolò Machiavelli
The Prince
eBook
( March 23, 2014)
•Annotations and context are provided from various translations as footnotes throughout the text.
•Contains detailed Biography and Notes.
•Formatted and cleaned. A new table of contents has also been included by the publisher.
•Proof-read, corrected for spelling and grammatical errors.
That Machiavelli’s name has become synonymous with cold-eyed political calculation only heightens the intrinsic fascination of The Prince–the world’s preeminent how-to manual on the art of getting and keeping power, and one of the literary landmarks of the Italian Renaissance. Written in a vigorous, straightforward style that reflects its author’s realism, this treatise on states, statecraft, and the ideal ruler is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how human society actually works.