num_pages: 166
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. 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.This Bantam Classic edition of The Prince includes selections from Machiavelli's Discourses as well as an introduction and notes by the translator, Daniel Donno.
language: English
title: The Prince
titlecomplete: The Prince
characters: Alexander the Great, Niccolò Machiavelli, Theseus (mythology), Louis XII of France, Francesco Sforza I, Cesare Borgia, Pope Alexander VI
genres: Classics, Italian Literature, History, Philosophy, Italy, School, Literature, Nonfiction, Political Science, Politics
ratings_count: 324606
awards: awardedAt: 252489600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Translation
publisher: Bantam Dell