The Prince

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Prince
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Niccolo Machiavelli
Translated by David Wootton
SeriesHackett Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:448
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
ISBN/Barcode 9780872209206
ClassificationsDewey:320.101
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Imprint Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Publication Date 15 March 2008
Publication Country United States

Description

"To investigate the imaginative leaps of so agile and incisive a mind as Machiavelli's one needs as much commentary about history, political theory, sources, and language as possible. I have gradually come to realize that readers who remain unaware of these topics frequently finish reading The Prince, put down their copies, and wonder what the shouting was all about." Thus commented eminent Machiavelli scholar James B.Atkinson thirty years ago in justifying what remains today the most informative English-language edition of Machiavelli's masterpiece available.

Author Biography

James B. Atkinson is an independent scholar.

Reviews

"This edition of the The Prince has three distinct and disparate objectives: to provide a fresh and accurate translation; to analyze and find the roots of Machiavelli's thought; and to collect relevant extracts from other works by Machiavelli and some contemporaries, to be used to illuminate and explicate the text. The objectives are all reached with considerable and admirable skill. Professor Atkinson has done a great service to students and teachers of Machiavelli, who should certainly welcome this as the most useful edition of The Prince in English." -- Mario Domandi, Vassar College.