"It is safer to be feared than loved."

These words embody the spirit of The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli's classic work of political philosophy. Machiavelli's advice for how a ruler should acquire and ruthlessly exercise power over others continues to be relevant to contemporary readers more than five centuries after it was first published.

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Author: Niccolo Machiavelli

Brand: Union Square & Co.

Number of pages: 128

Binding: Paperback

Dimensions: 178 x 102 x 12 mm