{"product_id":"the-prince-paperback","title":"The Prince (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"131\" data-end=\"212\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"131\" data-end=\"180\"\u003e‘A gripping work, and a gripping translation’\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem data-start=\"183\" data-end=\"210\"\u003eNicholas Lezard, Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"214\" data-end=\"377\"\u003eNiccolò Machiavelli's brutally uncompromising manual of statecraft, \u003cem data-start=\"282\" data-end=\"294\"\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/em\u003e, is translated and edited with an introduction by Tim Parks in Penguin Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"379\" data-end=\"657\"\u003eAs a diplomat in turbulent fifteenth-century Florence, Niccolò Machiavelli knew how quickly political fortunes could rise and fall. \u003cem data-start=\"511\" data-end=\"523\"\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/em\u003e, his tough-minded, pragmatic handbook on how power really works, made his name notorious and has remained controversial ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"824\"\u003eHow can a leader be strong and decisive, yet still inspire loyalty in his followers? When is it necessary to break the rules? Is it better to be feared than loved?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"826\" data-end=\"1094\"\u003eExamining regimes and their rulers the world over and throughout history—from Roman Emperors to Renaissance Popes, from Hannibal to Cesare di Borgia—Machiavelli answers all these questions in a work of \u003cem data-start=\"1028\" data-end=\"1041\"\u003erealpolitik\u003c\/em\u003e that still has shrewd political lessons for today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1096\" data-end=\"1360\"\u003eTim Parks's acclaimed contemporary translation renders Machiavelli's no-nonsense original as alarming and enlightening as when it was first written. His introduction discusses Machiavelli's life and reputation, and explores the historical background to the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1362\" data-end=\"1481\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1362\" data-end=\"1450\"\u003e‘Tim Parks's swift and supple new translation brings out all its chilling modernity’\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem data-start=\"1453\" data-end=\"1479\"\u003eBoyd Tonkin, Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44643591160015,"sku":"9780141442259","price":21.8,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_b7fc1dc9-9d7b-495a-b637-7c26f0bd5c3d.jpg?v=1779825497","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/the-prince-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}