A review by chribuna
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

challenging slow-paced

3.75

This is essentially a really old textbook for a would-be monarch. It definitely smells like a book published in the 1500's if you catch my drift. If historical instructional documents are your thing then this book is for you, but you've probably already read it lol. I know it's a translation of a translation but the book needs fewer commas. The summary for any would-be princes is basically 'Don't be an idiot, Don't be a jerk, in that order'. 

Oh, there's also a joke or two in there if you look hard enough. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Violence, and War