{"product_id":"prince-book-jerry-pournelle-9780743435567","title":"The Prince","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnabridged\u003c\/strong\u003e version of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHE PRINCE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, by Niccolo Machiavelli and translated by N. H. Thomson, offered here for chump change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 1513, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE PRINCE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is divided into chapters covering ruling power, be it in the office or across continents. Topics include power forms (mixed, heredity), power acquisition (with help, through criminal acts), and power aspects (bearing, flatters, secretaries).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead it. Learn from it. Use it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDEDICATION 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER I: OF THE VARIOUS KINDS OF PRINCEDOM, AND OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY ARE ACQUIRED 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER I: OF HEREDITARY PRINCEDOMS 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER I: OF MIXED PRINCEDOMS 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER IV: WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT, ON ALEXANDER'S DEATH, REBEL AGAINST HIS SUCESORS 7\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER V: HOW CITIES OR PROVINCES WHICH BEFORE THEIR ACQUISITION HAVE LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS ARE TO BE GOVERNED 8\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER VI: OF NEW PRINCEDOMS WHICH A PRINCE ACQUIRES WITH HIS OWN ARMS AND BY MERIT 9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER VI: OF NEW PRINCEDOMS ACQUIRED BY THE AID OF OTHERS AND BY GOD FORTUNE 11\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER VI: OF THOSE WHO BY THEIR CRIMES COME TO BE PRINCES 14\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER IX: OF THE CIVIL PRINCEDOM 16\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER X: HOW THE STRENGTH OF AL PRINCEDOMS SHOULD BE MEASURED 17\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER XI: OF ECLESIASTICAL PRINCEDOMS 18\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER XI: HOW MANY DIFERENT KINDS OF SOLDIERS THERE ARE, AND OF MERCENARIES 19\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER XI: OF AUXILIARY, MIXED, AND NATIONAL ARMS 21\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER XIV: OF THE DUTY OF A PRINCE IN RESPECT OF MILITARY AFAIRS 23\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER XV: OF THE QUALITIES IN RESPECT OF WHICH MEN, AND MOST OF AL PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED 24\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER XVI: OF LIBERALITY AND MISERLINES 25\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER XVI: OF CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETER TO BE LOVED OR FEARED 26\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER XVI: HOW PRINCES SHOULD KEP FAITH 27\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER XIX: THAT A PRINCE SHOULD SEK TO ESCAPE CONTEMPT AND HATRED 28\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER X: WHETHER FORTRESES, AND CERTAIN OTHER EXPEDIENTS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN HAVE RECOURSE, ARE PROFITABLE OR HURTFUL 33\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER XI: HOW A PRINCE SHOULD BEAR HIMSELF SO AS TO ACQUIRE REPUTATION 35\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER XI: OF THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES 36\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER XI: THAT FLATERERS SHOULD BE SHUNED 37\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER XIV: WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES 38\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER XV: WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFECT IN HUMAN AFAIRS, AND HOW SHE MAY BE WITHSTOD 38\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER XVI: AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS 40\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49612679610641,"sku":"GOR012395914","price":16.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49713764204817,"sku":"CIN0743435567VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51074234908945,"sku":"GOR014169928","price":37.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51820909461777,"sku":"CIN0743435567G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52939849335057,"sku":"GOR001957300","price":27.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0743435567.jpg?v=1750848681","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/prince-book-jerry-pournelle-9780743435567","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}