The Prince (Classics)

by George Bull (Author), George Bull (Author), Niccolo Machiavelli (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1985

  $3.53

  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. . . The Prince . . .has become essential reading for every student of government, and is the ultimate book on power politics.

• Used

  Paperback
  1992

  $3.37

• New

  paperback
  

  $9.55

  FROM THE AWARD-WINNING TRANSLATOR PETER CONSTANTINE. 'It is far safer to be feared than loved...' Machiavelli made his name notorious for centuries with The Prince, his clever and cynical work about power relationships.The key themes of this influential, and ever timely, writer are that adaptability is the key to success and that effective leadership is sometimes only possible at the expense of moral standards.

• New

  Hardcover
  1992

  $22.07