کتاب The Prince Original Here is the worlds most famous master plan for seizing and holding power  Astonishing in its candor The Prince even today remains a disturbingly realistic and prophetic work on what it takes to be a prince    a king    a president  When in 1512 Machiavelli was removed from his post in his beloved Florence he resolved to set down a treatise on leadership that was practical not idealistic  In The Prince he envisioned would be unencumbered by ordinary ethical and moral values his prince would be man and beast fox and lion  Today this small sixteenthcentury masterpiece has become essential reading for every student of government and is the ultimate book on power politics