The Prince: Political Thought in the Renaissance

Written in the early 16th century, The Prince is a treatise is on how princes can not only best gain, but maintain power. Of immense importance to politicians and corporate leaders, this is a classic text richly deserving this exquisite edition.

Napoleon, Mussolini, Voltaire, even Mafia man John Gotti – they all read Machiavelli’s The Prince. Philosophers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, David Hume and Adam Smith were influenced by it. And the book’s ideas led to the term Machiavellian enterin...