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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.
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Grands Écrivains choisis par l'Académie Goncourt: Le Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli
- Language
- Released
- 1986
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- Grands Écrivains choisis par l'Académie Goncourt: Le Prince
- Language
- French
- Authors
- Niccolò Machiavelli
- Released
- 1986
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 189
- ISBN10
- 2850185736
- ISBN13
- 9782850185731
- Series
- First published
- 1532
- Original title
- Il Principe
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- 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.