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Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527)

Author of The Prince

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Niccolo Machiavelli was born on May 3, 1469 in Florence, Italy. He was a political philosopher, statesman, and court advisor. Starting out as a clerk, he quickly rose in the ranks because he understood balance of power issues involved in many of his diplomatic missions. His political pursuits show more quickly ended after he was imprisoned by the Medici family. He is best known for The Prince, his guide to power attainment and cutthroat leadership. He also wrote poetry and plays, including a comedy named Mandragola. He died on June 21, 1527 at the age of 58. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Niccolò Machiavelli

The Prince (1513) 23,684 copies
The Prince (Bantam Classics) (1532) 2,084 copies
Discourses (1517) 1,944 copies
The Prince and Other Writings (1513) 1,185 copies
The Prince and The Discourses (1513) — Author — 1,040 copies
The Prince (1513) 836 copies
The Art Of War (1520) 780 copies
The Mandrake Root (1518) 644 copies
The Portable Machiavelli (1978) 571 copies
The Prince & The Art of War (1901) 295 copies
Selected Political Writings (1994) 216 copies
Complete works (1921) 119 copies
The Classic Theatre Volume I: Six Italian Plays (1958) — Contributor — 89 copies
On Conspiracies (1970) 56 copies
Belphagor (1945) 49 copies
Clizia (1962) 45 copies
Three Renaissance Classics (1953) 40 copies
La Mandragorla & Clizia (1959) 33 copies
Machiavelli : The Chief Works and Others, Vol. 1 (1989) — Author — 29 copies
Teatre del Renaixement (1985) 26 copies
El príncipe La mandrágora (1993) 24 copies
The Prince and Other Works (1964) 15 copies
Le prince et autres textes (1962) 14 copies
Lettere (1961) 14 copies
The Quotable Machiavelli (2016) 13 copies
Cuentos (1985) 13 copies
DE LAS CONJURAS (2010) 12 copies
Machiavelli Volume I (2007) 12 copies
Epistolario 1512-1527 (1990) 10 copies
Brev (2013) 8 copies
Machiavelli voor managers (1995) 6 copies
Maquiavelo : antología (1987) 5 copies
Hauptwerke in einem Band (2000) 5 copies
Le Prince : L'art du pouvoir (2007) — Author — 5 copies
Opere II (1999) 4 copies
Opere politiche 4 copies
Scritti scelti 4 copies
L'Asino (2012) 3 copies
Prince and Other Works (1964) 3 copies
Tutto il teatro 3 copies
Machiavelli 3 copies
Opere 3 copies
Opere III (2005) 3 copies
Erotica 3 copies
Prens - De Principatibus (2013) 3 copies
La mandragore (2004) 3 copies
Escritos de gobierno (2013) 3 copies
Dieci lettere private (1992) 3 copies
Selections (1972) 3 copies
Knieža (2009) 2 copies
Principele 2 copies
El Príncipe El Manga (2017) 2 copies
The Discourses on Livy (2008) 2 copies
machiavelli o principe (1900) 2 copies
Toneel en verhalend proza (2010) 2 copies
Le prince (2012) 2 copies
Oeuvres de Machiavel (1793) 2 copies
Machiavelli művei (1978) 2 copies
Discorsi ; Om fyrster (2013) 2 copies
Breviario (1996) 2 copies
Príncipe 1 copy
o pincipe 1 copy
El príncipe (2005) 1 copy
Έργα 1 copy
Shasak 1 copy
Prose Scelte 1 copy
Machiavelli 1 copy
El príncipe 1 copy
Macchiavelli (1956) 1 copy
The Prince 1 copy
ESCRITOS POLITICOS (1994) 1 copy
Obras 1 copy
O Príncipe (2023) 1 copy
Antologia (2013) 1 copy
De vorst 1 copy
El Príncipe 1 copy
Urban Games 1 copy
I Capitoli 1 copy
Myśli cyniczne (1993) 1 copy
Break Out 1 copy
Oeuvres complètes (1993) 1 copy
Pensieri 1 copy
Opere scelte 1 copy
A háború művészete (2022) 1 copy
O príncipe 1 copy
Discorsi 1 copy
Opere scelte 1 copy
pg1232 1 copy
Lettere (Vol. 1-2-3) (2022) 1 copy
Scritti varj 1 copy
Prens - Cool (2014) 1 copy
Machiavelli (1989) 1 copy
Clícia 1 copy
Discourses (2020) 1 copy
Komplolar Üzerine (2020) 1 copy
The Prince 1 copy
شهریار 1 copy
Mandrágora 1 copy
Opere scelte (1969) 1 copy

Associated Works

Eight Great Comedies (1958) — Contributor — 350 copies
The Prince; Utopia; Ninety-Five Theses (1909) — Contributor — 279 copies
Classics of Modern Political Theory : Machiavelli to Mill (1996) — Contributor — 49 copies
Great Italian Short Stories (1959) — Contributor — 42 copies
The Middle Ages to the 17th Century: Literature of the Western World (1961) — Contributor, some editions — 23 copies

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This is an excellent discourse on the histories of Livy while presenting the foundation for a republican political philosophy. Machiavelli's science of politics is still relevant to us in the twenty-first century.
 
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jwhenderson | 9 other reviews | Apr 29, 2024 |
A classic, but not compelling or surprising for modern readers.
 
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sfj2 | 252 other reviews | Apr 3, 2024 |
Highly inductive, applying a relatively narrow reading of classical (well, Roman) history to a narrower aspect of Italian history, written to persuade Lorenzo de Medici to hire its out-of-work courtier author, who was previously allied to the Borgias . A job application that has survived as a work of literature because, I suspect, it is so illuminating as to the politics of Italy during the Renaissance, and because of its cynical views on human nature - which are surely the author's own. And of course it was valued by several prominent authors who came after. Not a book that is wrong so much as it is highly specific: for those not attempting to run a small Italian republic in the sixteenth century, it is of lesser utility.… (more)
 
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Quickpint | 252 other reviews | Feb 19, 2024 |
Not at all what I was expecting. "Machiavellian" is used so often to describe cut-throat behaviour that you would think the book would be more relevant to general life principles. Sadly, it is really intended for princes and those in monarchies. Unless you are looking for an obscure history lesson in 15th century Italy, I would find something more relevant.
 
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Rating
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Reviews
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Languages
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