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The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, De Principatibus (About Principalities). However, the printed version was not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death. This was done with the permission of the Medici pope Clement VII, but "long before then, in fact since the first appearance of the Prince in manuscript, controversy had swirled about his writings".
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Manufacturer: Bantam Classics
Release date: 1 September 1984
ISBN-10 : 0553212788 | ISBN-13: 9780553212785
Release date: 1 September 1984
ISBN-10 : 0553212788 | ISBN-13: 9780553212785
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