The Prince
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- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2008
Summary
‘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 ana…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199535699 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0199535698 |
| Author: | Peter Bondanella, Maurizio Viroli, Niccolò Machiavelli |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2008 |
| Weight: | 148g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
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Literary scholar Peter Bondanella rightly seeks the cold elegance and readability of the original. Serious English readers will want both translations.
Literary scholar Peter Bondanella rightly seeks the cold elegance and readability of the original. Serious English readers will want both translations. * Lauro Martines, TLS *
About The Author
Peter Bondanella
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI was born in Florence in 1469. In 1498, he was appointed Second Chancellor of the Florentine Republic; in 1501, he was imprisoned and tortured when the Medici returned to Florence. Upon his release, he retired to his farm to study and write.
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