Nicolò Machiavelli, with his PRINCE, emerges in the realm of world literature as a writer of first magnitude.

Instead of diminishing over time, the prestige of this work continues its upward trajectory with the same intensity throughout the years.

This happens because the ideas and political passions that Machiavelli addressed with clarity and remarkable insight maintain their validity intact through the centuries, as he infused his experience as a citizen and author-functionary of the Florentine Republic for his contemporaries.

Thus, half a millennium after the writing of the PRINCE, instead of being relevant only to the Italians of the 15th-16th centuries, the interests of the topics he addresses and the way they are expressed have become universal.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]