The Prince: Niccolo Machiavelli's Classic Study in Leadership, Rising to Power, and Maintaining Authority, Originally Titled de PR

from CorroDonk

Looking to make a rise to power? Interested in the many ways to maintain a small province? Planning on conquering a neighboring city and winning the hearts of the people? The Prince is for you. By that introduction I did not mean to underplay the significance of The Prince. I found that much of w...

from MrsLee

I read this because it is one of those books everyone says should be read. It wasn't terribly long, the translation was easily understandable and I thought I would give it a try. What surprised me, was that I enjoyed it. I found Machiavelli's teaching style very good. He sets forth a principle, t...

from sylvarum

a classic, but not a great one; probably good at the time but very much a historical text - i found it to be quite dull and probably a somewhat inferior text to other analyses of politics since. however, as a groundbreaking text, i suppose it holds much credit simply in pioneering many of its ide...

from mykl-s

Another classic that is not a bad read in translation. Many people interpret Machiavelli in many different ways, even though he seems to be speaking plainly.

from IreneF

Other people have reviewed The Prince's content. I gave this book four stars; I would have given it five if the translation were better. This edition (Dover Thrift) is certainly economical, but the sentences are long, convoluted, and reverse subject and object. It took me a while to get through e...