The Prince (Modern Library Classics)
Contributors: Albert Russell Ascoli (Introduction); Peter Constantine (Translator)
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: March 11, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780812978056
Subjects: Political Theory; Fiction - General; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Politics/International Relations; Classics; General; Philosophy / Political; History & Theory - General; Early works to 1800; Political Science; Political ethics
Description: The first modern treatise of political philosophy, The Prince remains one of the world's most influential and widely read books. Machiavelli reveals nothing less than the secrets of power: how to gain it, how to wield it, and how to keep it. But curiously, this work of outspoken clarity has, for centuries, inspired myriad interpretations as to its author's true message. The introduction by noted Italian Renaissance scholar Albert Russell Ascoli provides a perfect opening to Peter Constantine's illuminating new translation of this seminal work.