{"product_id":"the-prince-1","title":"The Prince","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWitty, informative, and devilishly shrewd, \u003ci\u003eThe\nPrince\u003c\/i\u003e is Machiavelli's classic analysis of statesmanship and power.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e“It is best to be both feared and loved, however, if one cannot be both,\nit is better to be feared than loved.”\u003c\/i\u003e—Machiavelli\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFor over four hundred years, \u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e has been the basic\nhandbook of politics, statesmanship, and power. Written by a Florentine\nnobleman whose name has become a synonym for crafty plotting, it is a\nfascinating political and social document, as pertinent today as when it first\nappeared. After a lifetime of winning and losing at the game of politics,\nMachiavelli set down for all time its ageless rules and moves, in this highly\nreadable formula for the man who seeks power. At a time before modern\ndemocracy, Machiavelli was less concerned with right and wrong than with\ncurrying favor with the ruling Medicis, and his work came to be thought of as a\nblueprint for dictators.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e has long been required reading for those interested in\npolitics and power, and it has long since become one of the world's most\nsignificant books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNiccolò Machiavelli\u003c\/b\u003e (1469-1527) was a Florentine\nstatesman who was later forced out of public life. He then devoted himself to\nstudying and writing political philosophy, history, fiction, and drama.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRegina Barecca\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of English and Feminist Theory at the\nUniversity of Connecticut, is the editor of the influ­ential journal \u003ci\u003eLIT:\nLiterature, Interpretation, Theory\u003c\/i\u003e. Among her many books are\u003ci\u003eThey Used to\nCall Me Snow White...But I Drifted\u003c\/i\u003e, a widely acclaimed study of wom­en’s\nhumor, and\u003ci\u003eBabes in Boyland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIt’s Not That I’m Bit­ter...\u003c\/i\u003e,\nand \u003ci\u003eUntamed and Unabashed: Essays on Women and Humor in British\nLiterature\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Book of Women’s\nHumor\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44636178055375,"sku":"9780451531001","price":10.85,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_a9ab2682-e554-494f-bb56-e471c9e40d38.webp?v=1761118666","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/the-prince-1","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}