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The Prince
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 4 2026
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.34 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
More than five centuries after it was first written, The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli remains the most influential book on political power ever composed. Banned by the Church, denounced by moralists, and quoted by kings, presidents, and revolutionaries alike, it shaped the way the modern world thinks about leadership, statecraft, and human nature.
Written in 1513 during Machiavelli's exile from Florence, this short and electric treatise broke radically with the moralizing tradition of its time. Where earlier writers told rulers what they ought to do, Machiavelli described what successful rulers actually do - and the gap between the two changed political thought forever.
Inside This Book- How rulers acquire, hold, and lose power
- Why it is safer to be feared than loved - and when love still matters
- The proper use of cruelty, generosity, and reputation
- When a leader must keep his word, and when breaking it is necessary
- How to manage ministers, flatterers, and rivals
- The role of fortune (fortuna) and personal skill (virtù) in human affairs
- Why citizen armies always defeat mercenaries
- The famous parable of the lion and the fox
This edition presents the complete and unabridged classic English translation by W. K. Marriott (1908) - long admired for its dignified, faithful rendering of Machiavelli's Italian - freshly typeset for the contemporary reader and accompanied by a new foreword that places the work in its historical, philosophical, and modern political context.
All twenty-six chapters and the original dedication to Lorenzo de' Medici are included, faithful to the source and free of distracting editorial intrusions.
Why Read The Prince Today?Because the questions Machiavelli asked in 1513 are the questions every leader, executive, lawyer, strategist, and citizen still faces: How is power actually exercised? Where does authority end and force begin? What does it cost to win - and what does it cost to keep what you have won?
Whether you read it as political philosophy, as Renaissance history, as a leadership manual, or as a sober anatomy of human ambition, The Prince has lost none of its disturbing force. Few books published in any century have so influenced how we think about authority, ethics, and the will to power.
A foundational text of Western political thought - essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how the world is really governed.
Perfect for students of political science, philosophy, history, and law; for executives and leaders; and for the general reader of the great classics.
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