The Prince: subtlety, honesty and fun

The Prince, classic Western philosophy, is inescapable effect.
Machiavelli discern, analyze and process the springs, good as evil, that lead a man to remain in power. Above all, he does it with detachment, without judgment values; and that's what's interesting.
In addition, his book is very accessible, easy to read: always, he theorizes, then shows then again the link between theory and practice cases. So we do not need to go back, everything has over reading
You'll find that you learn a lot about the society of VXIe century ... er, sorry, the twenty-first century!