{"product_id":"the-prince-paperback-14","title":"The Prince - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNiccolo Machiavelli\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is the world's most famous master plan for seizing and holding power. Astonishing in its candor \u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e even today remains a disturbingly realistic and prophetic work on what it takes to be a prince . . . a king . . . a president. When, in 1512, Machiavelli was removed from his post in his beloved Florence, he resolved to set down a treatise on leadership that was practical, not idealistic. In \u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e he envisioned would be unencumbered by ordinary ethical and moral values; his prince would be man and beast, fox and lion. Today, this small sixteenth-century masterpiece has become essential reading for every student of government, and is the ultimate book on power politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is the world's most famous master plan for seizing and holding power. Astonishing in its candor \"The Prince even today remains a disturbingly realistic and prophetic work on what it takes to be a prince . . . a king . . . a president. When, in 1512, Machiavelli was removed from his post in his beloved Florence, he resolved to set down a treatise on leadership that was practical, not idealistic. In \"The Prince he envisioned would be unencumbered by ordinary ethical and moral values; his prince would be man and beast, fox and lion. Today, this small sixteenth-century masterpiece has become essential reading for every student of government, and is the ultimate book on power politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Constantine\u003c\/b\u003e, winner of the PEN Translation Prize and a National Translation Award, has earned wide acclaim for his translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Undiscovered Chekhov\u003c\/i\u003e and of the complete works of Isaac Babel, as well as for his Modern Library translations, which include \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Writings of Machiavelli, \u003c\/i\u003eGogol's \u003ci\u003eTaras Bulba, \u003c\/i\u003e Voltaire's \u003ci\u003eCandide, \u003c\/i\u003e and Tolstoy's \u003ci\u003eThe Cossacks\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAlbert Russell Ascoli \u003c\/b\u003eis Gladys Arata Terrill Distinguished Professor of Italian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and was awarded the Rome Prize for study at the American Academy in Rome.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 7.05 x 4.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 31, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Prince\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228547105017,"sku":"9780553212785","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/UXBiSmF2Mkp2SzhqMkY4TEY5RWVaQT09_52a405b5-52f0-4827-82ed-a948ca8af91c.webp?v=1768291007","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-prince-paperback-14","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}