The Prince
/ Nicollò Machiavelli
- Penguin
, GB
- Penguin 2011
- Popular Penguins .
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As a diplomat in turbulent fifteenth-century Florence, Nicollò Machiavelli (1469–1527) knew how quickly political fortunes could rise and fall. The Prince is his controversial handbook about the dynamics of power, leadership, and strategy. Machiavelli's shrewd argument that sometimes it is necessary to abandon ethics to succeed made hi name notorious. Consequently, The Prince has been read by strategists, politicians, and business people ever since.