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The Prince (Penguin Classics) (Reprint Edition) by Niccolo Machiavelli, George Bull (Translator), Anthony Grafton (Introduction) Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-10: 0-14-044915-9 / 0140449159 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044915-0 / 9780140449150 Machiavelli's highly influential treatise on political power The Prince shocked Europe on publication with its advocacy of ruthless tactics for gaining absolute power and its abandonment of conventional morality. Niccoló Machiavelli drew on his own experience of office under the turbul |