{"product_id":"the-prince-niccolo-machiavelli-9780007420070","title":"The Prince","description":"\u003cp\u003eHarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'We have declared before that it is not only expedient but necessary for a prince to take care his foundations be good, otherwise his fabric will be sure to fail.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered one of the first works of modern philosophy, Machiavelli's The Prince is an intense study on the nature of power and the course it should take when ruling a country and expresses the author's strong and unyielding ideals and beliefs on using force rather than law to achieve your aims.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResponsible for the widely-used phrase 'Machiavellian', with all of its negative connotations, his extreme treatise remains a classic text to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Niccolo Machiavelli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0007420072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780007420070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Niccolo Machiavelli","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46526677221631,"sku":"9780007420070","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_877a7930-f18c-42ed-af30-8afecfa149ae.jpg?v=1737556851","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-prince-niccolo-machiavelli-9780007420070","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}