The Prince

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.

Author: Nicolas Machiavel
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Classics
Published: 08/01/1984
Series: Bantam Classics
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.19lbs
Size: 7.05h x 4.07w x 0.41d
ISBN: 9780553212785