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Selected Political Writings
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 1994; US$ 9.95Here are The Prince and the most important Discourses, newly translated into spare, vivid English by one of the most gifted historians of his generation. Why a new translation? "Machiavelli was never the dull, worthy, pedantic author who appears in the pages of other translations", says David Wootton in his Introduction. "In the pages... more...
The Prince
The Floating Press 1908; US$ 4.50Il Principe ( The Prince ) is the famous text by Florentine public servant Niccolo Machiavelli, in which he outlines the best strategy by which a prince can acquire, maintain and protect his state. Published posthumously, the text departs from his previous works, but is that for which he is remembered, and which has produced the adjective "Machiavellian".... more...
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius
ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 4.99The Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius is one of the masterpieces by Machiavelli. This work narrates the writers comments as to how a democratic government should be established. Through the comparison of Venice and Rome a detailed analysis of different kinds of governments is given. Machiavelli has ingeniously presented... more...
The Prince
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2008; US$ 14.50'To investigate the imaginative leaps of so agile and incisive a mind as Machiavelli's one needs as much commentary about history, political theory, sources, and language as possible. I have gradually come to realize that readers who remain unaware of these topics frequently finish reading The Prince, put down their copies, and wonder what the shouting... more...
The Portable Machiavelli
Penguin Group US 1979; US$ 20.00In the four and a half centuries since Machiavelli?s death, no single and unanimously accepted interpretation of his ideas has succeeded in imposing itself upon the lively debate over the meaning of his works. Yet there has never been any doubt about the fundamental importance of Machiavelli?s contribution to Western political theory. The Portable... more...
The Essential Writings of Machiavelli
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 17.95FINALIST--2008 PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE In The Essential Writings of Machiavelli, Peter Constantine has assembled a comprehensive collection that shows the true depth and breadth of a great Renaissance thinker. Refreshingly accessible, these superb new translations are faithful to Machiavelli?s original, beautifully crafted writings. The volume features... more...
The Prince
Penguin Group US 2009; US$ 13.00A new translation of the infamous Renaissance classic, in a striking deluxe edition The original blueprint for realpolitik, The Prince shocked sixteenth-century Europe with its advocacy of ruthless tactics for gaining absolute power and its abandonment of conventional morality. For this treatise on statecraft, Machiavelli drew upon his own experience... more...
The Prince
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2009; US$ 6.50David Wootton is Anniversary Professor of History, University of York. more...
Art of War
University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 16.00Niccolò Machiavelli's Art of War is one of the world's great classics of military and political theory. Praised by the finest military minds in history and said to have influenced no lesser lights than Frederick the Great and Napoleon, the Art of War is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the history and theory of war in... more...
The Prince
Random House 2009; US$ 7.99FROM THE AWARD-WINNING TRANSLATOR PETER CONSTANTINE 'It is far safer to be feared than loved...' Machiavelli made his name notorious for centuries with The Prince , his clever and cynical work about power relationships.The key themes of this influential, and ever timely, writer are that adaptability is the key to success and that effective leadership... more...









