The Prince Original Version Author:Niccolo Machiavelli The first modern treatise of political philosophy, The Prince remains one of the world-s most influential and widely read books. Machiavelli, whose name has become synonymous with expedient exercises of will, reveals nothing less than the secrets of power: how to gain it, how to wield it, and how to keep it. But curiously, this work of outspoken... more » clarity has, for centuries, inspired myriad interpretations as to its author's true message.« less