The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
"The Prince" is the most controversial book about winning power - and holding on to it - ever written. Machiavelli's tough-minded, pragmatic argument that sometimes it is necessary to abandon ethics to succeed made his name notorious. Yet his book has been read by strategists, politicians and business people ever since as the ultimate guide to realpolitik. How can a leader be strong and decisive, yet still inspire loyalty in his followers? How do you keep your enemies in check? Is it better to be feared than loved? When is it necessary to break the rules? This shrewd handbook on how power really works answers all these questions by examining regimes and their rulers around the world and throughout history, from Roman emperors to renaissance Popes, from the savagely cruel Hannibal to the utterly devious Cesare di Borgia. Tim Parks' gripping contemporary translation delivers Machiavelli's no-nonsense original straight, making it as alarming and enlightening as when it was first written.
Niccolo Machiavelli was born in Florence in 1469 into an old citizen family. Secretary, chancellor and military man, Machiavelli is notorious for his manifesto on power, The Prince. Tim Parks was born in 1954, studied at Cambridge and Harvard, and moved to Italy in 1980. His translations from the Italian include works by Alberto Moravia, Italo Calvino and Roberto Calasso. He currently lectures on literary translation in Milan. He has written a number of novels, and his account of provincial life in Italy, Italian Neighbours, was an international bestseller.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846140440 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846140447 |
| Title | The Prince |
| Author | Niccolo Machiavelli |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-07-02 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
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