The prince
By: Niccolò Machiavelli ; translated and with an introduction by Harvey C. Mansfield.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
Subjects: Political science -- Early works to 1800.; Political ethics -- Early works to 1800.
Description: The most famous book on politics ever written, The Prince remains as lively and shocking today as when it was written almost five hundred years ago. Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and a recommendation of tyranny, it has more recently been defended and indeed applauded as the first scientific treatment of politics as it is practiced rather than as it ought to be practiced.

A masterpiece of effective prose, The Prince is at once comic and formidable, imaginative and calculating, fascinating and chilling. Its influence in modern history has been profound, and - often considered to be the first modern book - it was surely a primary text for the modern philosophers who challenged the traditions of ancient and medieval thought and morality.

Mansfield's translation of this classic work, in combination with the new material added for this edition, makes it the definitive version of The Prince, indispensable to scholars, students, and lovers of the dark art of politics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.