num_pages: 10
description: The works of Niccolo Machiavelli focuses on the problem of the State: its efficiency, military, and laws, representing the first attempt to express political science as an autonomous branch of learning.
title: "Il Principe" selected chapters
titlecomplete: "Il Principe" selected chapters
characters: Alexander the Great, Theseus (mythology), Pope Alexander VI, Francesco Sforza I, Niccolò Machiavelli, Cesare Borgia, Louis XII of France
genres: Italy, Politics, Political Science, Philosophy, Nonfiction, School, Literature, Classics, Italian Literature, History
ratings_count: 324603
awards: awardedAt: 252489600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Translation
publisher: Multilingual Books and Tapes