The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, De Principatibus.
Originally published: 1532
Author: Niccolò Machiavelli
Original title: De Principatibus / Il Principe
Subject: Political science
Genre: Non-fiction
Original language: Italian