{"product_id":"the-prince-second-edition","title":"The Prince (Second Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most famous and important book on politics ever written\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eremains as lively and shocking today as when it was written almost five hundred years ago. Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and a recommendation of tyranny, it has more recently been defended as the first scientific treatment of politics as it is practiced rather than as it ought to be practiced. Harvey C. Mansfield's brilliant translation of this classic work, along with the new materials added for this edition, make it the definitive version of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e, indispensable to scholars, students, and those interested in the dark art of politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis revised edition of Mansfield's acclaimed translation features an updated introduction, a chronology of Machiavelli's life, and notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Of the other available [translations], that of Harvey C. Mansfield makes the necessary compromises between exactness and readability, as well as providing an excellent introduction and notes.\"—Clifford Orwin,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mansfield's work . . . is worth acquiring as the best combination of accuracy and readability.\"—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There is good reason to assert that Machiavelli has met his match in Mansfield. . . . [He] is ready to read Machiavelli as he demands to be read—plainly and boldly, but also cautiously.\"—John Gueguen,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sixteenth Century Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis audiobook is expertly read and engineered by Peter Coates. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books \u0026amp; Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePLEASE NOTE: The audiobook includes a supplemental PDF. A link will be provided on purchase.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Echo Point Books \u0026 Media","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":46037030273197,"sku":"9781648375743","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/9134\/1997\/files\/ThePrince_cvr_web_aud.jpg?v=1779396360","url":"https:\/\/www.echopointbooks.com\/products\/the-prince-second-edition","provider":"Echo Point Books \u0026 Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}