The Prince

By Niccolò Machiavelli & W.K. Marriott (Translator)

The Prince - Niccolò Machiavelli & W.K. Marriott (Translator)
  • Release Date: 2006-02-11
  • Genre: Philosophy
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The Prince (Italian: Il Principe, [il ˈprin.tʃi.pe]) is a political treatise by the Italian diplomat, historian and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, De Principatibus (About Principalities). However, the printed version was not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death. This was done with the permission of the Medici pope Clement VII, but "long before then, in fact since the first appearance of the Prince, in manuscript, controversy had swirled about his writings".