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The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli
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About this book
About this book
The classic historical novel by Niccolò Machiavelli.
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Contents
26 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.
01Chapter I — HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE, AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED · Ch.1Free
02Chapter II — CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIES
03Chapter III — CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES
04Chapter IV — WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER AT HIS DEATH
05Chapter V — CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALITIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED
06Chapter VI — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE’S OWN ARMS AND ABILITY
07Chapter VII — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EITHER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNE
08Chapter VIII — CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESS
09Chapter IX — CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITY
10Chapter X — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEASURED
11Chapter XI — CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES
12Chapter XII — HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE AND CONCERNING MERCENARIES
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