Based on Machiavelli's own first-hand experience as an emissary of the Florentine Republic to the courts of Europe, 'The Prince' analyses the usually violent ways by which men seize, retain and lose political power.
Christian Gauss Books
Signet Classic: The Prince
- 127 pages
- 5 hours of reading
For over four hundred years, The Prince has been the basic handbook of politics, statesmanship, and power. Written by the most successful statesman of his time, this fascinating document remains as pertinent today as when it first appeared. The result is a highly readable, witty -- and devilishly shrewd -- formula that has long been required reading for everyone interested in politics and power.