The Prince(Illustrated)

One of the greatest works on political power ever written Nicollo Machiavelli's treatise The Prince presented here fully formatted for Kindle devices and the Kindle for iOS apps. . Widely regarded as one of the sincerest looks at the seizure and retention of power the lessons Machiavelli learned from Florentine and Roman politics have been used for centuries by political elites around the world. While terrifying in their brutality they nonetheless describe a world as it was and can be applied to understand our world as it is. . Illustrations have been added to the beautifully translated Marriot text to enhance the reading experience. . Contents include:. INTRODUCTIONCHAPTER I — HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIREDCHAPTER II — CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIESCHAPTER III — CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIESCHAPTER IV — WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER AT HIS DEATHCHAPTER V — CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALITIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXEDCHAPTER VI — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE'S OWN ARMS AND ABILITYCHAPTER VII — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EITHER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNECHAPTER VIII — CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESSCHAPTER IX — CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITYCHAPTER X — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEASUREDCHAPTER XI — CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIESCHAPTER XII — HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE AND CONCERNING MERCENARIESCHAPTER XIII — CONCERNING AUXILIARIES MIXED SOLDIERY AND ONE'S OWNCHAPTER XIV — THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ART OF WARCHAPTER XV — CONCERNING THINGS FOR WHICH MEN AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES ARE PRAISED OR BLAMEDCHAPTER XVI — CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESSCHAPTER XVII — CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED THAN FEAREDCHAPTER XVIII — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITHCHAPTER XIX — THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATEDCHAPTER XX — ARE FORTRESSES AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN RESORT ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL?CHAPTER XXI — HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWNCHAPTER XXII — CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCESCHAPTER XXIII — HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDEDCHAPTER XXIV — WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATESCHAPTER XXV — WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HERCHAPTER XXVI — AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANSDESCRIPTION OF THE METHODS ADOPTED BY THE DUKE VALENTINO WHEN MURDERING VITELLOZZO VITELLI OLIVEROTTO DA FERMO THE SIGNOR PAGOLO AND THE DUKE DI GRAVINA ORSINITHE LIFE OF CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI OF LUCCA