Part of: The Historical, Political, and Diplomatic Writings, 4 vols. The Historical, Political, and Diplomatic Writings, vol. 2

Volume 2 of a 4 volume set of Machiavelli’s writings which contains a lengthy introduction on the life of Machiavelli, the History of Florence, The Prince, Discourses on Livy, and his letters and papers from his time as a diplomat. This volume contains his famous and notorious advice to The Prince that ruthlessness in seeking and maintaining political power is essential to any would-be Prince.

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The Historical, Political, and Diplomatic Writings of Niccolo Machiavelli, tr. from the Italian, by Christian E. Detmold (Boston, J. R. Osgood and company, 1882). Vol. 2.

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