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The lion cannot guard himself from the toils, nor the fox from wolves. A Prince must therefore be a fox to discern toils, and a lion to drive off wolves.

The modern-day term "Machiavellian" is used to describe deception, dishonesty, and cruelty... Read Full Overview

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 as the... Read Full Overview

The most famous and important book on politics ever written

Machiavelli's highly influential treatise on political power The Prince shocked Europe on publication with its advocacy of ruthless tactics for gaining absolute power and its abandonment of conventional morality. Niccoló Machiavelli drew on his own experience of office under... Read Full Overview

"It is not titles that honour men, but men that honour titles."

How can a prince rise to power? What must he do to remain in it? What is expected of a good ruler? Which is better--to be feared or to be loved?

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A new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics, with covers designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith

This new edition of the acclaimed translation of Niccol Machiavelli's The Prince - revised for the first time after thirty years - includes a rewritten and extended introduction by Quentin Skinner. Niccol Machiavelli is arguably the most famous and controversial figure in the... Read Full Overview

When Machiavelli's brief treatise on Renaissance statecraft and princely power was posthumously published in 1532, it generated a debate that has raged unabated until the present day. Based upon Machiavelli's first-hand experience as an emissary of the Florentine Republic to... Read Full Overview

As a young Florentine envoy to the courts of France and the Italian principalities, Niccol? Machiavelli (1469-1527) was able to observe firsthand the lives of people strongly united under one powerful ruler. His fascination with that political rarity and his intense desire to... Read Full Overview

There have been many political philosophies published throughout the time of literate man, but few have made such an impact in so few words as Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince. This eminently quotable treatise on the nature of rulers is unsettling in that it does not merely discuss... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Carry the profound wisdom of Khalil Gibran's The Prophet in your pocket with this compact edition. Explore the profound insights and reflections on love, life, and spirituality, offering guidance and solace in the palm of your hand.

A timeless guide... Read Full Overview