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ABOUT THE BOOK
When I first read Niccolo Machiavellis The Prince about 10 years ago, I was left in a state of mild trauma by the time Id finished. It was one of the most cold-blooded books I think Ive ever read. Not because its written in a particularly dispassionate way. In fact its written in a comparatively emotive style, earthy you might say, as well as pragmatic and realistic.
Id expect to feel like that after reading a horror novel, or a thriller. But in fact, this was actually nothing more scary than a political essay, a treatise, something akin to the countless thousands of technocratic commentaries written by governmental bureaucrats every year all over the world.
But this particular political book, The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli, is different. Maybe I could illustrate my point better by saying The Prince is to political essays what Hannibal Lector is to psychopaths. Remember when the evil Doc persuaded the inmate in the next cell to swallow his own tongue? Or when he ripped off the face of a police officer and used it as his own in order to escape? Remember how you felt? Thats kind of like how I felt after reading this book.
MEET THE AUTHOR
Abdul Montaqim is a journalist, based in London, and has been working in the media since 1989. Among the more well known titles he has written for are The Guardian newspaper, Time Out magazine and the International Business Times website.
He has edited a number of local and community newspapers, magazines and websites, and has, over the course of his career, worked for some of the largest publishers in Europe, including Emap, LLP and Mirror Group Newspapers.
Abdul has also worked outside of the United Kingdom, moving to Abu Dhabi for a year to work on the first national daily newspaper in United Arab Emirates, The National; and he has consulted for media companies in Bangladesh, where he was born.
Abdul briefly worked for a New York-headquartered cable television channel called AsiaNet as a news editor, and realised that although he loves researching, writing and other "technical" parts of a journalist's job, he does not like presenting, preferring to be behind the camera or back in the studio.
In his spare time, Abdul likes to spend time with his family, cooking, eating, watching films, listening to music, reading and writing. When he goes out he likes to watch movies at the best cinemas, see live music performances, and eat at good restaurants. He also loves gardening, fishing and going for long walks.
EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK
While much has already been written about the original book, the specific version I am looking at now is relatively new. Its full title is Machiavellis The Prince: Bold-faced Principles on Tactics, Power and Politics. And while the original author is still given as Niccolo Machiavelli, it is translated by W. K. Marriot, and edited by Rob McMahon.
The first thing I notice about this new version of the book is that the faux hardback cover is far more attractive to look at, and the book itself more pleasant to hold and read than the others I have seen. The others seem to emit and an aura of foreboding, underlined by the use of darker colours, and finished off with a painting of a man on the front cover who I presume is Machiavelli himself, but am not absolutely sure.
Buy a copy to keep reading!
CHAPTER OUTLINE
McMahon and W.K. Marriott's Machiavelli's The Prince: Bold-faced Principles on Tactics, Power, and Politics
+ Personal Introduction
+ About the Author
+ About the Book
+ Overall Summary
+ ...and much more
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Our Hyperink Quicklets are usually 3,500-5,000 words and include an overall summary, chapter commentary, key characters, literary themes, fun trivia, and recommended related readings.
ABOUT THE BOOK
When I first read Niccolo Machiavellis The Prince about 10 years ago, I was left in a state of mild trauma by the time Id finished. It was one of the most cold-blooded books I think Ive ever read. Not because its written in a particularly dispassionate way. In fact its written in a comparatively emotive style, earthy you might say, as well as pragmatic and realistic.
Id expect to feel like that after reading a horror novel, or a thriller. But in fact, this was actually nothing more scary than a political essay, a treatise, something akin to the countless thousands of technocratic commentaries written by governmental bureaucrats every year all over the world.
But this particular political book, The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli, is different. Maybe I could illustrate my point better by saying The Prince is to political essays what Hannibal Lector is to psychopaths. Remember when the evil Doc persuaded the inmate in the next cell to swallow his own tongue? Or when he ripped off the face of a police officer and used it as his own in order to escape? Remember how you felt? Thats kind of like how I felt after reading this book.
MEET THE AUTHOR
Abdul Montaqim is a journalist, based in London, and has been working in the media since 1989. Among the more well known titles he has written for are The Guardian newspaper, Time Out magazine and the International Business Times website.
He has edited a number of local and community newspapers, magazines and websites, and has, over the course of his career, worked for some of the largest publishers in Europe, including Emap, LLP and Mirror Group Newspapers.
Abdul has also worked outside of the United Kingdom, moving to Abu Dhabi for a year to work on the first national daily newspaper in United Arab Emirates, The National; and he has consulted for media companies in Bangladesh, where he was born.
Abdul briefly worked for a New York-headquartered cable television channel called AsiaNet as a news editor, and realised that although he loves researching, writing and other "technical" parts of a journalist's job, he does not like presenting, preferring to be behind the camera or back in the studio.
In his spare time, Abdul likes to spend time with his family, cooking, eating, watching films, listening to music, reading and writing. When he goes out he likes to watch movies at the best cinemas, see live music performances, and eat at good restaurants. He also loves gardening, fishing and going for long walks.
EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK
While much has already been written about the original book, the specific version I am looking at now is relatively new. Its full title is Machiavellis The Prince: Bold-faced Principles on Tactics, Power and Politics. And while the original author is still given as Niccolo Machiavelli, it is translated by W. K. Marriot, and edited by Rob McMahon.
The first thing I notice about this new version of the book is that the faux hardback cover is far more attractive to look at, and the book itself more pleasant to hold and read than the others I have seen. The others seem to emit and an aura of foreboding, underlined by the use of darker colours, and finished off with a painting of a man on the front cover who I presume is Machiavelli himself, but am not absolutely sure.
Buy a copy to keep reading!
CHAPTER OUTLINE
McMahon and W.K. Marriott's Machiavelli's The Prince: Bold-faced Principles on Tactics, Power, and Politics
+ Personal Introduction
+ About the Author
+ About the Book
+ Overall Summary
+ ...and much more
Quicklet on McMahon and W.K. Marriott's Machiavelli's The Prince: Bold-faced Principles on Tactics, Power, and Politics (Cliffsnotes-Like Book Summary & Commentary)
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ABOUT THE BOOK
When I first read Niccolo Machiavellis The Prince about 10 years ago, I was left in a state of mild trauma by the time Id finished. It was one of the most cold-blooded books I think Ive ever read. Not because its written in a particularly dispassionate way. In fact its written in a comparatively emotive style, earthy you might say, as well as pragmatic and realistic.
Id expect to feel like that after reading a horror novel, or a thriller. But in fact, this was actually nothing more scary than a political essay, a treatise, something akin to the countless thousands of technocratic commentaries written by governmental bureaucrats every year all over the world.
But this particular political book, The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli, is different. Maybe I could illustrate my point better by saying The Prince is to political essays what Hannibal Lector is to psychopaths. Remember when the evil Doc persuaded the inmate in the next cell to swallow his own tongue? Or when he ripped off the face of a police officer and used it as his own in order to escape? Remember how you felt? Thats kind of like how I felt after reading this book.
MEET THE AUTHOR
Abdul Montaqim is a journalist, based in London, and has been working in the media since 1989. Among the more well known titles he has written for are The Guardian newspaper, Time Out magazine and the International Business Times website.
He has edited a number of local and community newspapers, magazines and websites, and has, over the course of his career, worked for some of the largest publishers in Europe, including Emap, LLP and Mirror Group Newspapers.
Abdul has also worked outside of the United Kingdom, moving to Abu Dhabi for a year to work on the first national daily newspaper in United Arab Emirates, The National; and he has consulted for media companies in Bangladesh, where he was born.
Abdul briefly worked for a New York-headquartered cable television channel called AsiaNet as a news editor, and realised that although he loves researching, writing and other "technical" parts of a journalist's job, he does not like presenting, preferring to be behind the camera or back in the studio.
In his spare time, Abdul likes to spend time with his family, cooking, eating, watching films, listening to music, reading and writing. When he goes out he likes to watch movies at the best cinemas, see live music performances, and eat at good restaurants. He also loves gardening, fishing and going for long walks.
EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK
While much has already been written about the original book, the specific version I am looking at now is relatively new. Its full title is Machiavellis The Prince: Bold-faced Principles on Tactics, Power and Politics. And while the original author is still given as Niccolo Machiavelli, it is translated by W. K. Marriot, and edited by Rob McMahon.
The first thing I notice about this new version of the book is that the faux hardback cover is far more attractive to look at, and the book itself more pleasant to hold and read than the others I have seen. The others seem to emit and an aura of foreboding, underlined by the use of darker colours, and finished off with a painting of a man on the front cover who I presume is Machiavelli himself, but am not absolutely sure.
Buy a copy to keep reading!
CHAPTER OUTLINE
McMahon and W.K. Marriott's Machiavelli's The Prince: Bold-faced Principles on Tactics, Power, and Politics
+ Personal Introduction
+ About the Author
+ About the Book
+ Overall Summary
+ ...and much more
Our Hyperink Quicklets are usually 3,500-5,000 words and include an overall summary, chapter commentary, key characters, literary themes, fun trivia, and recommended related readings.
ABOUT THE BOOK
When I first read Niccolo Machiavellis The Prince about 10 years ago, I was left in a state of mild trauma by the time Id finished. It was one of the most cold-blooded books I think Ive ever read. Not because its written in a particularly dispassionate way. In fact its written in a comparatively emotive style, earthy you might say, as well as pragmatic and realistic.
Id expect to feel like that after reading a horror novel, or a thriller. But in fact, this was actually nothing more scary than a political essay, a treatise, something akin to the countless thousands of technocratic commentaries written by governmental bureaucrats every year all over the world.
But this particular political book, The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli, is different. Maybe I could illustrate my point better by saying The Prince is to political essays what Hannibal Lector is to psychopaths. Remember when the evil Doc persuaded the inmate in the next cell to swallow his own tongue? Or when he ripped off the face of a police officer and used it as his own in order to escape? Remember how you felt? Thats kind of like how I felt after reading this book.
MEET THE AUTHOR
Abdul Montaqim is a journalist, based in London, and has been working in the media since 1989. Among the more well known titles he has written for are The Guardian newspaper, Time Out magazine and the International Business Times website.
He has edited a number of local and community newspapers, magazines and websites, and has, over the course of his career, worked for some of the largest publishers in Europe, including Emap, LLP and Mirror Group Newspapers.
Abdul has also worked outside of the United Kingdom, moving to Abu Dhabi for a year to work on the first national daily newspaper in United Arab Emirates, The National; and he has consulted for media companies in Bangladesh, where he was born.
Abdul briefly worked for a New York-headquartered cable television channel called AsiaNet as a news editor, and realised that although he loves researching, writing and other "technical" parts of a journalist's job, he does not like presenting, preferring to be behind the camera or back in the studio.
In his spare time, Abdul likes to spend time with his family, cooking, eating, watching films, listening to music, reading and writing. When he goes out he likes to watch movies at the best cinemas, see live music performances, and eat at good restaurants. He also loves gardening, fishing and going for long walks.
EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK
While much has already been written about the original book, the specific version I am looking at now is relatively new. Its full title is Machiavellis The Prince: Bold-faced Principles on Tactics, Power and Politics. And while the original author is still given as Niccolo Machiavelli, it is translated by W. K. Marriot, and edited by Rob McMahon.
The first thing I notice about this new version of the book is that the faux hardback cover is far more attractive to look at, and the book itself more pleasant to hold and read than the others I have seen. The others seem to emit and an aura of foreboding, underlined by the use of darker colours, and finished off with a painting of a man on the front cover who I presume is Machiavelli himself, but am not absolutely sure.
Buy a copy to keep reading!
CHAPTER OUTLINE
McMahon and W.K. Marriott's Machiavelli's The Prince: Bold-faced Principles on Tactics, Power, and Politics
+ Personal Introduction
+ About the Author
+ About the Book
+ Overall Summary
+ ...and much more
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