The manual on power, written in exile by a man who had held it, lost it, and been tortured by the men who took it. Machiavelli set down what rulers actually do, not what they claim to do, and five centuries of the powerful have read him in private while denouncing him in public.

This is the Civil Savage Society edition of the W. K. Marriott translation, newly typeset in a 6 by 9 inch US Trade format, 114 pages, with Marriott's introduction, the dedication to Lorenzo de' Medici, and all 48 of his footnotes intact.

Paperback: perfect bound on cream stock. A workhorse copy, meant to be carried, dog-eared, and marked up.

Hardcover: casewrap edition built for the shelf and the long haul.

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Print editions are produced on demand. Nothing warehoused, never out of print.