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The Prince
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 from his post in his beloved Florence, he resolved to set down a treatise on leadership that was practical, not idealistic. In The Prince he envisioned would be unencumbered by ordinary ethical and moral values; his prince would be man and beast, fox and lion. Today, this small sixteenth-century masterpiece has become essential reading for every student of government, and is the ultimate book on power politics.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780553212785
- ISBN-10: 0553212788
- Publisher: Bantam Classics
- Publish Date: August 1984
- Dimensions: 7.05 x 4.07 x 0.41 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.19 pounds
- Page Count: 176
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