The Prince: Introduction by Dominic Baker-Smith - Hardcover

Name: The Prince: Introduction by Dominic Baker-Smith
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Availability:In StockContributor:Nicolas Machiavel, W. K. Marriott, Dominic Baker-SmithSeries:Everyman's Library ClassicsPublish date:1992-06-30Pages:232

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Everyman's LibraryISBN-13:9780679410447ISBN-10:679410449UPC:9780679410447Book Category:Political Science, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:History & Theory, Political Ideologies, PoliticalSize:8.38 x 5.32 x 0.73 inchesWeight:0.77Product ID:SCSZY8BB15

That Machiavelli's name has become synonymous with cold-eyed political calculation only heightens the intrinsic fascination of The Prince-the world's preeminent how-to manual on the art of getting and keeping power, and one of the literary landmarks of the Italian Renaissance. Written in a vigorous, straightforward style that reflects its author's realism, this treatise on states, statecraft, and the ideal ruler is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how human society actually works.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Everyman's LibraryISBN-13:9780679410447ISBN-10:679410449UPC:9780679410447Book Category:Political Science, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:History & Theory, Political Ideologies, PoliticalSize:8.38 x 5.32 x 0.73 inchesWeight:0.77Product ID:SCSZY8BB15

Peter Constantine, winner of the PEN Translation Prize and a National Translation Award, has earned wide acclaim for his translation of The Undiscovered Chekhov and of the complete works of Isaac Babel, as well as for his Modern Library translations, which include The Essential Writings of Machiavelli, Gogol's Taras Bulba, Voltaire's Candide, and Tolstoy's The Cossacks.

Albert Russell Ascoli is 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.

Publisher: Everyman's Library

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Nicolas Machiavel, W. K. Marriott, Dominic Baker-Smith

Author

Nicolas Machiavel

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That Machiavelli's name has become synonymous with cold-eyed political calculation only heightens the intrinsic fascination of The Prince-the world's preeminent how-to manual on the art of getting and keeping power, and one of the literary landmarks of the Italian Renaissance. Written in a vigorous, straightforward style that reflects its author's realism, this treatise on states, statecraft, and the ideal ruler is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how human society actually works.

Peter Constantine, winner of the PEN Translation Prize and a National Translation Award, has earned wide acclaim for his translation of The Undiscovered Chekhov and of the complete works of Isaac Babel, as well as for his Modern Library translations, which include The Essential Writings of Machiavelli, Gogol's Taras Bulba, Voltaire's Candide, and Tolstoy's The Cossacks.

Albert Russell Ascoli is 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.

Publisher: Everyman's Library

Contributor(s)

Nicolas Machiavel, W. K. Marriott, Dominic Baker-Smith

Author

Nicolas Machiavel

The Prince: Introduction by Dominic Baker-Smith - Hardcover

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