The Prince (AmazonClassics Edition)

The Prince (AmazonClassics Edition)

<p>Direct and coldly pragmatic, Niccolò Machiavelli’s <i>The Prince</i> is the preeminent guide to winning and maintaining power at the highest levels, where deception and manipulation are necessary tools, and political allies should never be mistaken for friends.</p><p>Once a foreign policy official in his native Florence, Machiavelli was ousted by the Medici family. After surviving disgrace and torture at their hands, he penned <i>The Prince</i> to garner their favor. While this effort was ignored, the five-hundred-year-old work endures and is now considered one of the most influential—and controversial—political treatises of all time.</p><p><b>Revised edition: Previously published as <i>The Prince</i>, this edition of <i>The Prince (AmazonClassics Edition)</i> includes editorial revisions.</b></p>