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Description for The Prince
Paperback. Translator(s): Bondanella, Peter E. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
'A prince must not have any other object nor any other thought...but war, its institutions, and its discipline; because that is the only art befitting one who commands.' When Machiavelli's brief treatise on Renaissance statecraft and princely power was posthumously published in 1532, it generated a debate that has raged unabated until the present day. Based upon Machiavelli's first-hand experience as an emissary of the Florentine Republic to the courts of Europe, The Prince analyses the usually violent means by which men seize, retain, and lose political power. Machiavelli added a dimension of incisive realism ... Read more
'A prince must not have any other object nor any other thought...but war, its institutions, and its discipline; because that is the only art befitting one who commands.' When Machiavelli's brief treatise on Renaissance statecraft and princely power was posthumously published in 1532, it generated a debate that has raged unabated until the present day. Based upon Machiavelli's first-hand experience as an emissary of the Florentine Republic to the courts of Europe, The Prince analyses the usually violent means by which men seize, retain, and lose political power. Machiavelli added a dimension of incisive realism ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199535699
SKU
V9780199535699
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Reviews for The Prince
Literary scholar Peter Bondanella rightly seeks the cold elegance and readability of the original. Serious English readers will want both translations.
Lauro Martines, TLS
Lauro Martines, TLS