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Penguin Classics: The Prince

Niccolo Machiavelli


  • Penguin Classics
  • by Translated by Tim Parks in 2009
At the end of an industrious political career in conflict-riven Italy, the Florentine diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli composed his masterpiece The Prince, a classic study of power and politics, and a manual of ruthlessness for any ambitious ruler. Controversial in his own time, Took made Machiavelli's name a byword for manipulative scheming, and had an impact on such major figures as Napoleon and Frederick the Great. It contains principles as true today as when they were 1st written almost 5 centuries ago.

ISBN 9780141442259 | E | PB
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Publisher Penguin Classics
ISBN 9780141442259
Author(s) Translated by Tim Parks in 2009
Publication date July 2014
Edition Paperback
Dimensions 198 x 129 mm
Pages 176
Language(s) Eng. ed.
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At the end of an industrious political career in conflict-riven Italy, the Florentine diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli composed his masterpiece The Prince, a classic study of power and politics, and a manual of ruthlessness for any ambitious ruler. Controversial in his own time, The Prince made Machiavelli's name a byword for manipulative scheming, and had an impact on such major figures as Napoleon and Frederick the Great. It contains principles as true today as when they were first written almost five centuries ago.