The Prince

Name: The Prince
Brand: GLOBE PEQUOT
Price: 26.75 AUD
Availability: BackOrder

By: Nicolo Machiavelli

Write A Review

Paperback | 30 November 1986 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Paperback
141 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
22.23 x 13.97 x 1.27

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$26.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $6.69 with

Available for Backorder. We will order this from our supplier however there isn't a current ETA.

Intellectual history has bequeathed a venerable place to Machiavelli as the forefather of modern political science. In this, his most famous work, matters political are assessed from a perspective so radical that Machiavelli has remained a controversial figure from the very first appearance of The Prince.

Viewing the political climate of sixteenth-century Italy from the standpoint of one who had mastered the classic works of political philosophy and had experienced the volatility of public office, Machiavelli lays bare the pulsating anatomy of political power with uncanny precision. In the guise of advising present and would-be princes on the critical subjects of acquiring, maintaining, and expanding their political foothold, as well as the dangers that threaten to undermine those who head governments, Machiavelli beckons all of us to become aware of practical politicsthe science and the art of statecraft.

Industry Reviews

""The introduction is excellent--it places Machiavelli's career and his writings in a persuasive historical context, underlines the inherent limitations of any interpretation that hails him as a 'modern man, ' and is written with verve and brio." --John D. O'Connor University of New Orleans

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $0.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

More in Literary Essays

The Mother Is Restless and She Doesn't Know Why

Finding Freedom in the Cage

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$28.75

18%
OFF

Dead and Alive

Paperback

RRP $36.99

$29.75

20%
OFF

Create Dangerously : Penguin Modern - Albert Camus

$29.75

26%
OFF

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF

The Power of the Powerless

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.75

16%
OFF

The Land of Sweet Forever

Hardcover

RRP $49.99

$34.99

30%
OFF

The Anthropocene Reviewed

The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF

Ethics

Penguin Classics

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF

Conversations on Love

with Philippa Perry, Dolly Alderton, Roxane Gay, Stephen Grosz, Esther Perel, and many more

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF

Discourses and Selected Writings

Penguin Classics

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$17.75

34%
OFF

The Myth of Sisyphus

Penguin Modern Classics

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF

Amateurs!

How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters

Paperback

RRP $42.99

$33.99

21%
OFF

Only Dull People are Brilliant at Breakfast : Penguin Little Black Classics - Oscar Wilde

$22.99

15%
OFF

The Diary of a Young Girl

70th Anniversary Edition

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.75

16%
OFF

Meditations

A New Translation

Hardcover

RRP $45.00

$39.75

12%
OFF

The Flavor Bible : The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs - Andrew Dornenburg

$22.99

15%
OFF

The Histories

Penguin Classics

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$20.75

23%
OFF

The Book of Alchemy

A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life

Hardcover

RRP $39.99

$30.75

23%
OFF

I Deliver Parcels in Beijing

On Making a Living

Hardcover

RRP $49.99

$38.75

22%
OFF

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Paperback

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF

The Odyssey

Oxford World's Classics

Paperback

RRP $22.95

$19.75

14%
OFF

Introduction to the Mentor Edition	p. 7
The various kinds of Government and the ways by which they are established	p. 33
Of Hereditary Monarchies	p. 34
Of Mixed Monarchies	p. 35
Why the Kingdom of Darius, occupied by Alexander, did not rebel against the successors of the latter after his death	p. 43
The way to govern Cities or Dominions that, previous to being occupied, lived under their own Laws	p. 46
Of New Dominions which have been acquired by one's own arms and ability	p. 48
Of New Dominions acquired by the Power of others or by Fortune	p. 52
Of those who have attained the position of Prince by villainy	p. 59
Of the Civic Principality	p. 63
How the strength of all States should be measured	p. 67
Of Ecclesiastical Principalities	p. 69
The different kinds of Militia and Mercenary Soldiers	p. 72
Of Auxiliary, Mixed, and Native Troops	p. 77
The Duties of a Prince with regard to the Militia	p. 81
Of the things for which Men, and especially Princes, are praised or blamed	p. 84
Of Liberality and Niggardliness	p. 86
Of Cruelty and Clemency, and whether it is better to be loved or feared	p. 89
In what way Princes must keep Faith	p. 92
That we must avoid being despised and hated	p. 95
Whether Fortresses and other things which Princes often contrive are useful or injurious	p. 105
How a Prince must act in order to gain reputation	p. 110
Of the Secretaries of Princes	p. 114
How Flatterers must be shunned	p. 116
Why the Princes of Italy have lost their States	p. 118
How much Fortune can do in human affairs and how it may be opposed	p. 120
Exhortation to liberate Italy from the Barbarians	p. 124
Table of Contents provided by Syndetics. All Rights Reserved.

The Prince

At a Glance

Paperback

Industry Reviews

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

You Can Find This Book In

More in Literary Essays

The Mother Is Restless and She Doesn't Know Why

Finding Freedom in the Cage

Dead and Alive

Create Dangerously

Penguin Modern

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo

The Power of the Powerless

The Land of Sweet Forever

The Anthropocene Reviewed

The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller

Ethics

Penguin Classics

Conversations on Love

with Philippa Perry, Dolly Alderton, Roxane Gay, Stephen Grosz, Esther Perel, and many more

Discourses and Selected Writings

Penguin Classics

The Myth of Sisyphus

Penguin Modern Classics

Amateurs!

How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters

Only Dull People are Brilliant at Breakfast

Penguin Little Black Classics

Meditations

Design by Coralie Bickford-Smith

The Diary of a Young Girl

70th Anniversary Edition

Meditations

A New Translation

The Flavor Bible

The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

'Truly mind-expanding... Ultra-topical' Guardian

The Histories

Penguin Classics

The Book of Alchemy

A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life

I Deliver Parcels in Beijing

On Making a Living

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

The Odyssey

Oxford World's Classics

This product is categorised by