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Type: Book
ISBN: Unknown
Page count: 328
Published: 1908
Publisher: Other: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
Author: Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
Translator: William Kenaz Marriott
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The Prince, written by Niccolo Machiavelli around 1513, remains as one of world's most controversial political treatises. This status is largely due to the short work's emphasis on moral wrongdoing. It is a field guide for princes of city states during the Renaissance period in Italy. Despite being written for Lorenzo the Magnificent as a pseudo-job application, it is widely believed that he never read it. The book originally had no title and was released after the death of Machiavelli in 1527.

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  • The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. From his correspondence, a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, De Principatibus.

    Nicolo Machiavelli, born at Florence on 3rd May 1469. From 1494 to 1512 held an official post at Florence which included diplomatic missions to various European courts. Imprisoned in Florence, 1512; later exiled and returned to San Casciano. Died at Florence on 22nd June 1527.

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Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli

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Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat, historian, philosopher, writer, and poet.
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William Kenaz Marriott

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William K. Marriott was a translator of many Renaissance works, including The Prince by Machiavelli.
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Cover11Ch. 13: Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, and One's Own77107
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Machiavelli, Niccolo B. The Prince. Translated by William Kenaz Marriott. London, England: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1908.

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