Il Principe: The Prince - Paperback

by Peter Sipes (Editor), William K. Marriott (Translator), Niccolo Machiavelli (Author)

After Machiavelli had been put out of power by the return of the Medici family, he put his hard-earned experience in politics to paper in Il Principe: The Prince, an instruction book for running a government. This edition of Il Principe: The Prince brings Machiavelli's original Italian text and Marriott's English translation together in one affordable book.

Author Biography

Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) was an Italian politician and writer who lived in Florence and wrote on many topics, including history, drama and military science. He was a high official in the Florentine republic when the Medici were out of power.