The Prince - Paperback - 9780553212785

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
• | Publisher: Bantam Classics
• | Publication Date: Aug 01, 1984
• | Number of Pages: 176 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0553212788
• | ISBN-13: 9780553212785