{"title":"Books by Niccolo Machiavelli","description":"\u003cp\u003eNiccolò Machiavelli, the Florentine diplomat and political thinker of the Renaissance, remains one of history's most influential voices on power and statecraft. His sharp observations of human nature and government, drawn from years of public service and exile, shaped the foundations of modern political philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest known for his seminal treatise *The Prince*, Machiavelli's works explore the balance between pragmatism and morality in leadership. His writings continue to provoke debate and inspire readers seeking insight into the complexities of authority, strategy, and civic responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre you this author? Drop us a line to update your details \u003cb\u003ehello@bookcurl.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-prince-9781853267758","title":"The Prince","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated by C.E.Detmold. With an Introduction by Lucille Margaret Kekewich.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in 1513 for the Medici, following their return to power in Florence, The Prince is a handbook on ruling and the exercise of power. It remains as relevant today as it was in the sixteenth century. Widely quoted in the Press and in academic publications, \u003cem\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/em\u003e has direct relevance to the issues of business and corporate governance confronting global corporations as they enter a new millennium.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMuch of what Machiavelli wrote has become the common currency of realpolitik, yet still his ideas retain the power to shock and annoy. 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P. McCormick, Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago\u003cbr\u003eEveryone should have a copy of Machiavelli's \u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e, whose original purpose may have been to counsel Renaissance rulers in the art of statecraft but is still applicable to and, indeed, acted on by modern politicians and power-brokers * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA 16th Century handbook of wily political thinking that tells you how to get the upper hand in every conceivable situation * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eHow amazing, that anyone's ideas should be controversial after five centuries. Machiavelli expressed a certain attitude to power - it's a good thing, and the problem is how to get and keep it - so well that he has never become out dated * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eOne of most influential books ever * Mirror *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732262498647,"sku":"9780099518495","price":7.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099518495.jpg?v=1719996182"},{"product_id":"the-portable-machiavelli-portable-library-9780140150926","title":"The Portable Machiavelli Portable Library","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cb\u003eThe Portable Machiavelli \u003c\/b\u003ebrings together the complete texts of \u003cb\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBelfagor\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eCastruccio Castracani\u003c\/b\u003e, newly translated by Peter Bondanella and Mark Musa especially for this volume. 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But while his treatise \u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e made his name synonymous with autocratic ruthlessness and cynical manipulation, \u003ci\u003eThe Discourses\u003c\/i\u003e (c.1517) shows a radically different outlook on the world of politics. In this carefully argued commentary on Livy's history of republican Rome, Machiavelli proposed a system of government that would uphold civic freedom and security by instilling the virtues of active citizenship, and that would also encourage citizens to put the needs of the state above selfish, personal interests. Ambitious in scope, but also clear-eyed and pragmatic, \u003ci\u003eThe Discourses\u003c\/i\u003e creates a modern theory of republic politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe DiscoursesPreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction by Bernard Crick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo Many Machiavellis\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Discourses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRepublics as Mixed Government\u003cbr\u003eThe Mixture as Adaptability\u003cbr\u003eThe Value of Conflict\u003cbr\u003eFactors of Social Class\u003cbr\u003eThe Conditions for Republican Rule\u003cbr\u003eTheory and Method\u003cbr\u003ePolitics and Morality\u003cbr\u003eThe Letter to Vettori\u003cbr\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE DISCOURSES OF NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003eThe Text\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732373811543,"sku":"9780140444285","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780140444285.jpg?v=1719996604"},{"product_id":"the-prince-9780141018850","title":"The Prince","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday The Prince is still seen as the Bible of realpolitik, read by strategists, businessmen and political animals everywhere as the ultimate guide to gaining and maintaining power in a dangerous world.","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732391735639,"sku":"9780141018850","price":7.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141018850.jpg?v=1719996677"},{"product_id":"on-conspiracies-9780141192772","title":"On Conspiracies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMachiavelli is one of the most famous strategists of all time. 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In this book, the author answers all these questions in a work of realpolitik that still has shrewd political lessons.","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732494430551,"sku":"9780141442259","price":9.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141442259.jpg?v=1719997130"},{"product_id":"discourses-on-livy-9780199555550","title":"Discourses on Livy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscourses on Livy (1531) is as essential to an understanding of Machiavelli as his famous treatise, The Prince. Equally controversial, it reveals his fundamental preference for a republican state. Comparing the practice of the ancient Romans with that of his contemporaries provided Machiavelli with a consistent point of view in all his works. Machiavelli''s close analysis of Livy''s history of Rome led him to advance his most original and outspoken view of politics - the belief that a healthy body politic was characterized by social friction and conflict rather than by rigid stability. His discussion of conspiracies in Discourses on Livy is one of the most sophisticated treatments of archetypal political upheaval every written. In an age of increasing political absolutism, Machiavelli''s theories became a dangerous ideology.This new translation is richly annotated, providing the contemporary reader with sufficient historical, linguistic, and political information to understand and interpret the revolutionary affirmations Machiavelli made, based on the historical evidence he found in Livy.The complete Livy in English, available in five volumes from Oxford World''s Classics. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...a great author requires a careful translator; and it is befitting for Conaway Bondanella and Bondanella, in presenting a text translated from Italian to English, to assert that Machiavelli has been misunderstood because of poor translations. * Sixteenth Century Journal *","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732862021975,"sku":"9780199555550","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780199555550.jpg?v=1719998715"},{"product_id":"the-prince-vintage-classics-9780593310861","title":"The Prince Vintage Classics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat Machiavelli’s name has become synonymous with cold-eyed political calculation only heightens the intrinsic fascination of \u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e—the world’s preeminent how-to manual on the art of getting and keeping power and one of the literary landmarks of the Italian Renaissance. Written in a vigorous, straightforward style that reflects its author’s realism, this treatise on states, statecraft, and the ideal ruler is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how human society actually works.","brand":"MIT Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48735704154455,"sku":"9780593310861","price":9.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780593310861.jpg?v=1723810307"},{"product_id":"machiavelli-the-prince-9781316509265","title":"Machiavelli The Prince","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new edition of the acclaimed translation of Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince - revised for the first time after thirty years - includes an extended and rewritten introduction by Quentin Skinner, an improved timeline of key events in Machiavelli's life, and a fully updated bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditorial note; Introduction; Principal events in Machiavelli's life; Bibliographical note; Translator's note; Map: northern and central Italy, c.1500; Dedicatory letter: Niccolò Machiavelli to His Magnificence Lorenzo de' Medici; 1. How many kinds of principality there are, and by what means they are acquired; 2. Hereditary principalities; 3. Mixed principalities; 4. Why the Kingdom of Darius, which Alexander occupied, did not rebel against his successors after Alexander's death; 5. By what means cities or provinces that lived under their own laws before they were occupied ought to be administered; 6. New principalities acquired by one's own arms and ability; 7. New principalities acquired through the arms and fortune of others; 8. Those who become rulers through crime; 9. The civil principality; 10. In what ways the strengths of all principalities should be measured; 11. Ecclesiastical principalities; 12. How many kinds of soldiers there are, and mercenary troops; 13. Auxiliaries, mixed troops and one's own troops; 14. How a ruler should act concerning military matters; 15. The things for which men, and especially rulers, are praised or blamed; 16. Liberality and parsimony; 17. Cruelty and mercifulness; and whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the contrary; 18. In what way rulers should keep their promises; 19. How contempt and hatred should be avoided; 20. Whether building fortresses, and many other things that rulers frequently do, are useful or useless; 21. What a ruler should do in order to be thought outstanding; 22. On those whom rulers employ in secret matters; 23. How flatterers should be shunned; 24. Why the rulers of Italy have lost their states; 25. How much control fortune has over human affairs, and by what means she can be resisted; 26. An exhortation to seize possession of Italy and assert her liberty from the barbarians; Appendix A. Letters relevant to The Prince; Appendix B. Notes on the vocabulary of The Prince; Biographical notes; Index of subjects; Index of proper names.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738559361367,"sku":"9781316509265","price":16.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"the-life-of-castruccio-castracani-9781847498328","title":"The Life of Castruccio Castracani","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rising from humble beginnings as a foundling, Castruccio Castracani came to prominence as one of the most powerful and shrewd warlords in Italy. Indeed, Machiavelli argues, so great was his vigour and charisma that - had he not been prevented by his untimely death - he might have surpassed in fame the great generals of antiquity and brought all the territories of Italy under his sole dominion.  Written in Machiavelli's characteristically lucid and terse style, Life of Castruccio Castracani is not only a key text in understanding the development of the author's ideas on leadership and good statesmanship that would find fuller expression in The Prince, but also a revealing account of the political ferment and fractious factionalism of fourteenth-century Italy.  This edition is accompanied by selected passages from Machiavelli's Florentine Histories and a detailed map with historical notes.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCastruccio Castracani is a short book that tells a larger story… it will show that greatness, as Machiavelli defined it five centuries ago, is made, not born. -- Richard Overy\u003cbr\u003eMachiavelli was a pioneer of political science. He was a republican and a patriot. His prose style was as clear as Julius Caesar’s. He was a literary genius. * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eMachiavelli is a pivotal figure in the history of political thought. 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The Human Condition 39  Antiquity and the Ancients-Avarice-Beasts-Bloodshed-Compassion-Concealment-Confession-Conscience-Courage (Animo)-Cowardice-Cruelty-Death-The Death Penalty-Deceit-Decline-Desire-Despair-Discourse-Disease-Dishonesty-The End Result-Error-Fault-Fear-Flattery-Fraud-Glory-Goals-The Good and Goodness-Greatness of Soul-Growth-Hatred-History-Honesty-Horror-Humility-Imitation-Infamy-Ingratitude-Insolence-Love-The Mind-Miracles-New Ways, New Continents-Old Times-Opportunity-Order and Disorder-Passions and Their Remedies-Patriotism-Peace-Prudence-Punishment-Rebirth (Renaissance)-Religion and the Reform of Religions-Saints-Science-Severity-Sin-Stupidity-Suspicion-Virtue-Women-Words  V. Political Life 121  Accusations and Calumnies-Agrarian Law-Ambition-The Aristocracy-The Army and Soldiers-Artillery-Authority-Cavalry-Cities-Citizenship-Colonies-Constitution-Corruption-Dictatorship-Disorders-Empires and Emperors-Equality-Errors-Expansion-Extraordinary Measures-Fortresses-TheFounders and Reformers of States-Gold-Gonfalonier(Highest Magistrate of the Republic of Florence)-Government-Laws-Liberality-Liberty and Its Safekeeping-Ministers-Mixed Government-The Multitude-Opinion, Freedom of-The People-PopularGovernment-Poverty-The Prince-Public Honors-Republics-Revolutions and Reforms-Servitude-Social Conflicts-The State-Tribunes of the People-Tyranny-Tyranny and License-War  VI. Machiavelli on His Contemporaries 217  Alexander VI, Pope-Giovanpaolo Baglioni-Cesare Borgia, the Duke Valentino-Ferdinand of Aragon, King of Spain-Italian Princes-Julius II, Pope-Lorenzo de'Medici (the Magnificent)-Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino-Louis XII, King of France-Maximilian I, Emperor of Germany-Girolamo Savonarola (Friar)-Caterina Sforza, Countess of Forli-Piero Soderini  VII. Past and Present 237  Achilles-Agathocles of Syracuse-Alexander the Great-Aristotle-Athens and Sparta-Cicero-Constantinople-Cyrus, King of Persia-Dante Alighieri-King David (Old Testament)-Cosimo de'Medici-Giovanni de' Medici-Florence-France and the French-Germany and the German Free Cities-Italy-Julius Caesar-Livy (Roman Historian)-Moses-Plutarch-Rome and the Roman People-Romulus-Turks and the Turkish Empire-Venice  Selected Bibliography 287  Credits 297  Index 301","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403812249943,"sku":"9780691164366","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691164366.jpg?v=1730484619"},{"product_id":"the-prince-9780882950532","title":"The Prince","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat makes this well-annotated translation stand out from others is an insightful introduction by editor Thomas G. 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