The Prince
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
5 February 2008
Summary
A new translation by Peter Constantine Introduction by Albert Russell Ascoli
The first modern treatise of political philosophy, The Prince is one of the world’s most influential and widely read books. Machiavelli reveals nothing less than the secrets of power: how to gain it, how to wield it, and how to keep it. Ruthless, cunning, and amoral, The Prince is a controversial analysis of manipulation and an essential guide for anyone int…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812978056 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0812978056 |
| Author: | Niccolo Machiavelli, Peter Constantine, Albert Russell Ascoli |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 5 February 2008 |
| Weight: | 130g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 132mm x 10mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Constantine elegantly captures in English the pith of Machiavelli’s brilliant Italian prose.”—Edward Muir, Clarence L. Ver Steeg Professor in the Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University
About The Author
Niccolo Machiavelli
Peter Constantine, winner of the PEN Translation Prize and a National Translation Award, has earned wide acclaim for his translation of The Undiscovered Chekhov and of the complete works of Isaac Babel, as well as for his Modern Library translations, which include The Essential Writings of Machiavelli, Gogol’s Taras Bulba, Voltaire’s Candide, and Tolstoy’s The Cossacks.
Albert Russell Ascoli is Gladys Arata Terrill Distinguished Professor of Italian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and was awarded the Rome Prize for study at the American Academy in Rome.
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