Paperback, 166 pages
English language
Published Sept. 1, 1984 by Bantam Classics.
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. In The Prince he envisioned would be unencumbered by ordinary ethical and moral values; his prince would be man and beast, fox and lion. Today, this small sixteenth-century masterpiece has become essential reading for every student of government, and is the ultimate book on power politics.
Very different than I expected. It's not a story, but more a discussion on the realities of being a prince in the 16th century.
A great book and a clear translation by Parks.
See my blog note on it:
http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/04/booknote-prince.html
