num_pages: 128
description: Described both as a practical rule-book containing timeless precepts for the diplomat and as a handbook of evil, this work of great originality--based on first-hand experience--provides a remarkably uncompromising picture of the true nature of power.
language: English
title: The Prince
titlecomplete: The Prince
characters: Pope Alexander VI, Cesare Borgia, Theseus (mythology), Francesco Sforza I, Louis XII of France, Niccolò Machiavelli, Alexander the Great
genres: Literature, History, Classics, School, Italian Literature, Philosophy, Italy, Politics, Political Science, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 324606
awards: awardedAt: 252489600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Translation
publisher: Oxford University Press