by Niccolò Machiavelli (Author), Harvey C. Mansfield (Translator)
Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and as a recommendation of tyranny, this text has more recently been defended and applauded as the first scientific treatment of politics as it is rather than as it ought to be. In this edition there is an analytic introduction, a chronology of Machiavelli's life, a map of Italy in his time and Machiavelli's letter to Vettori in which he discusses "The Prince".
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 184
Edition: Second
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 01 Sep 1998
ISBN 10: 0226500446
ISBN 13: 9780226500447