The Prince
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Out of office and exiled to his farm outside Florence, Machiavelli wrote a short handbook for anyone who wants to win a state and keep it. Drawing on Cesare Borgia, the popes and the wars of Italy, he asks whether it is better for a ruler to be loved or feared.
- Genres
- Politics, World History
- Set in
- Florence, Tuscany, Italy; San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Tuscany, Italy
- Audience
- Adult
- Published
- 1532
- Pages
- 156
