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Five centuries old and still startlingly relevant. In The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli offers his brutally honest guide to power — how rulers gain it, keep it, and lose it — drawn from the ruthless, shifting politics of Renaissance Italy.

Controversial, brilliant, and endlessly quotable, this slim classic gave us the very word 'Machiavellian' and remains essential reading for students of politics, history, philosophy, and leadership. Whether you admire Machiavelli's realism or argue with every page, you will never forget him. Machiavelli's cold-eyed realism shocked his contemporaries and still provokes debate today: is he describing how leaders should act, or simply how they do act? Either way, The Prince remains one of the most provocative and influential books in Western thought.

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• Language: English
• Format: Paperback
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