The Prince: The Original Classic

Well bound and overall excellent

O único problema é que chegou com a capa avariada.

Das Produkt kam schnell an und ist sehr frisch.

In your present world this work og Machiavelli is still a neccessary and obligatory part of political thinking in order to understand and handle political influence with it's deepest senses of power and violence. I thus gave three - as Shakespeare would have said it- " actors upon the stage" one book each - upon my day of retierment! Maybe the world will become a still better place to live!

Like often, the 'soundbite' often heard in relation to the book ('divide and conquer') does not cover it well.The book is pretty easy to read and understand and provides interesting insights, but in general, but specifically in the past. As the very good and clear introduction describes, this book was basically written as a 'handbook on ways to obtain and remain power'. Something very relevant for the time and region it was written (Europe under the Holy Roman Empire etc.).Before I read it, I thought this book would book with 'evil/nasty tips and tricks for ruling' (which I was not looking forward to), but I obviously was very naive about that. It's much more than that and in my view a true classic that deserves to be read more.