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The Prince (Bantam Classics)

by Machiavelli and Donno

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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.

Review:

“[Machiavelli] can still engage our attention with remarkable immediacy, and this cannot be explained solely by the appeal of his ironic observations on human behaviour. Perhaps the most important thing is the way he can compel us to reflect on our own priorities and the reasoning behind them; it is this intrusion into our own defenses that makes reading him an intriguing experience. As a scientific exponent of the political art Machiavelli may have had few followers; it is as a provocative rhetorician that he has had his real impact on history.” –from the Introduction by Dominic Baker-Smith

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Synopsis:

A classic treatise on practical leadership and power politics.
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About the Author

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) was born in Florence. He served the Florentine republic as secretary and second chancellor, but was expelled from public life when the Medici family returned to power in 1512. His other works include The Discourses, The Art of War, and the comic satire The Mandrake.

Peter Constantine is the recipient of a PEN Translation Prize and a National Translation Award. His Modern Library translations include The Essential Writings of Machiavelli, Voltaire’s Candide, and Tolstoy’s The Cossacks. He lives in New York City.

Albert Russell Ascoli is Gladys Arata Terrill Distinguished Professor of Italian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and was awarded the Rome Prize for study at the American Academy in Rome.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Table of Contents

The prince — Discourses upon the first ten books of Titus Livy — Chronology — Notes to The prince — Notes to The discourses.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780553212785
Editor:
Donno, Daniel
Translator:
Donno, Daniel
Author:
Machiavelli, Niccolo
Author:
Donno, Daniel
Publisher:
Bantam Classics
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
History & Theory
Subject:
History, theory and practice
Subject:
Political science
Subject:
Political ethics
Subject:
History & Theory - General
Subject:
Political science -- Early works to 1800.
Subject:
Political ethics -- Early works to 1800.
Copyright:
1966
Edition Number:
Bantam Classic ed.
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-147)
Series:
Bantam Classics
Series Volume:
no. 5
Publication Date:
August 1984
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Pages:
176
Dimensions:
7.05x4.07x.41 in. .19 lbs.
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