"The classic handbook of statecraft written by an Italian nobleman recommends guile and craftiness to attain and maintain political power." --

«Cualquiera ve lo que pareces, pero pocos se dan cuenta de lo que realmente eres.» Considerado el primer tratado moderno sobre el arte de gobernar, El Príncipe constituye la obra clave para entender el pensamiento político de Nicolás Maquiavelo. En él detalla los secretos esenciales para hacerse con el poder y convertirse en un gobernante de éxito. Aunque sus tesis han sido malinterpretadas a lo largo de los siglos, como bien muestra el significado...

The description for this book, Florentine Histories, will be forthcoming. "This translation... of Machiavelli's thoughts on his native city is meant to be less colloquial and closer to the original than the typical translation. This highlights how Machiavelli used words (and thought) differently from us... Machiavelli is too often remembered merely as the realist who took the morality out of `virtue.' As the Histories demonstrate, he was also a gifted...

"Fifteenth-century Italian stateman Niccolo Machiavelli's famous treatise on the qualities and actions necessary for princes to gain and keep power, in which he holds up ancient Roman rulers as examples and shows why, for leaders of nations, "the ends justify the means."" --

"In The Essential Writings of Machiavelli, Peter Constantine has assembled a comprehensive collection that shows the truth depth and breadth of a great Renaissance thinker. These new translations are faithful to Machiavelli's original writings." "The volume features essays that appear in English for the first time, such as "A Caution to the Medici" and "The Persecution of Africa." Also included are complete versions of the political treatise The Prince,...