Machiavelli's blunt handbook on how rulers gain and keep power, breaking with idealism to describe politics as it actually is. Its realism made 'Machiavellian' a byword for cunning statecraft.
Step Into the Babel Nexus Public Domain Library — 814 Unique Works, 53 Galleries, Free
A visual library where you explore classic books and ideas by clicking through connected rooms.
1532 · Book · Public Domain
Machiavelli's blunt handbook on how rulers gain and keep power, breaking with idealism to describe politics as it actually is. Its realism made 'Machiavellian' a byword for cunning statecraft.