Prince and other Writings - Niccolo Machiavelli (Hardcover)

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Prince and other Writings - Niccolo Machiavelli Is it better to be loved or feared?

In the chaotic landscape of 16th-century Italy, where kingdoms rise and fall on the edge of a blade, Niccolò Machiavelli penned a masterpiece of cold, hard realism that would echo through the centuries. The Prince is a stark departure from the idealistic "mirrors for princes" of his time, offering instead a gritty, unsentimental guide to the acquisition and maintenance of power.

Through sharp prose and historical examples, Machiavelli strips away the veneer of morality from statecraft. He argues that a leader must be as cunning as a fox and as fierce as a lion, prepared to do "evil" when the stability of the state demands it.

This volume also includes a selection of Machiavelli’s Other Writings, including his insights on republicanism in The Discourses and his biting political correspondence. Together, they reveal a man who was not a "teacher of evil," but a patriot and a realist who saw the world exactly as it was—not as it should be.