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The Prince is one of the most influential and controversial works in political philosophy. Written in 1513 while Machiavelli was in exile from Florence, this short treatise offers advice to rulers on how to gain and maintain political power. At its core, The Prince argues that successful political leaders must be willing to act immorally at times for the greater good of the state.
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The Prince
- By: Niccolo Machiavelli
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,206
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Performance4,450
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Story4,425
From his perspective in Renaissance Italy, Machiavelli's aim in this classic work was to resolve conflict with the ruling prince, Lorenzo de Medici....
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You have to know what you get with The Prince
- By Cody Brown on 02-10-15
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The Prince
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 09-24-13
- Language: English
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The Complete Strategy Collection
- The Art of War, The Prince, The Book of Five Rings, On War and Arthashastra
- By: Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli, Miyamoto Musashi, and others
- Narrated by: Michael Bower, Tom Chandler
- Length: 52 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall74
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Performance66
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Story66
The Complete Strategy Collection, a compilation of ancient and historical philosophies, will increase your knowledge of strategy, conflict, and adversity throughout the ages, giving you valuable insight into the past while opening a window to the future....
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A nice surprise!
- By Sandy Cathcart on 04-09-24
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The Complete Strategy Collection
- The Art of War, The Prince, The Book of Five Rings, On War and Arthashastra
- Narrated by: Michael Bower, Tom Chandler
- Length: 52 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 05-19-22
- Language: English
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The Prince (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: Niccolò Machiavelli, William Kenaz Marriott - translator
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall37
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Performance36
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Story36
Direct and coldly pragmatic, Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince is the preeminent guide to winning and maintaining power at the highest levels....
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Critics literally never even read or listened to this work.
- By Plains on 06-11-22
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The Prince (AmazonClassics Edition)
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 12-22-17
- Language: English
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The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli
- By: Nicolo Machiavelli
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance5
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Story5
The Prince is sometimes claimed to be one of the first works of modern philosophy, especially modern political philosophy, in which the "effectual" truth is taken to be more important than any abstract ideal....
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A solid performance on a classic
- By Kristjan Larson on 01-17-22
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The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 11-01-21
- Language: English
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Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius
- By: Niccolo Machiavelli
- Narrated by: Monroe Clark McBride
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance9
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Story9
The Discourses on Livy, published posthumously in 1531, is a work of political history and philosophy composed in the early 16th century by the famed Florentine public servant and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) and is widely considered one of his masterpieces....
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superior to the prince
- By Anonymous on 03-12-24
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Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius
- Narrated by: Monroe Clark McBride
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 12-03-22
- Language: English
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The Prince
- By: Niccolò Machiavelli
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall372
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Performance320
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Story316
In an attempt to appeal to the Medici family during the Italian Renaissance, Machiavelli outlines the way to acquire and retain political power, and how great men should behave in a princely government....
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A great way to enjoy Machiavelli
- By Charlotte on 12-08-16
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The Prince
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 07-07-16
- Language: English
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El principe [The Prince]
- By: Nicolas Maquiavelo
- Narrated by: Joaquin Rodrigo Madrigal
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Abridged
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Overall45
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Performance35
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Story34
"El príncipe" habla de las monarquías hereditarias y especialmentede las monarquías formadas a partir de "principados nuevos"....
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Hate the background music,
- By Amazon Customer on 06-24-22
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El principe [The Prince]
- Narrated by: Joaquin Rodrigo Madrigal
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 08-09-16
- Language: Spanish
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Art of War
- By: Christopher Lynch - translator, Niccolò Machiavelli
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall156
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Performance113
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Story111
Niccolo Machiavelli's Art of War is one of the world's great classics of military and political theory....
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Interesting Piece
- By Kees on 05-14-11
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Art of War
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 03-30-10
- Language: English
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El Príncipe [The Prince]
- By: Nicolas Maquiavelo, Mauro Fernández Alonso de Armiño - translator
- Narrated by: Luis Ignacio González
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance3
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Un tratado imprescindible sobre estrategias y ambiciones políticas escrito por el padre de la ciencia política moderna....
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El Príncipe [The Prince]
- Narrated by: Luis Ignacio González
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 02-09-23
- Language: Spanish
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The Strategy Collection
- The Art of War, The Prince, and The Book of Five Rings
- By: Miyamoto Musashi, Niccolò Machiavelli, Sun Tzu
- Narrated by: Kevin Kollins
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall237
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Performance204
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Story200
The Art of War, The Prince, and The Book of Five Rings are three historical pieces that deal with strategy....
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Like a Picasso, Van Gogh, & Rembrandt written down
- By LITRPG Audiobook Reviews on 06-26-18
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The Strategy Collection
- The Art of War, The Prince, and The Book of Five Rings
- Narrated by: Kevin Kollins
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 06-07-18
- Language: English
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The Art of War
- By: Niccolò Machiavelli
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall63
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Performance53
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Story51
Many of the world's leaders have turned to Niccolo Machiavelli's The Art of War as a guide to the fundamentals of war, including Frederick the Great and Napoleon....
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Strategy at its Best!
- By Michael Marcero on 09-20-23
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The Art of War
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 10-13-17
- Language: English
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Short Stories About a Deal with the Devil
- By: Leo Tolstoy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nikolai Gogol, and others
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Christopher Ragland
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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It’s really very simple. You will sell me your eternal soul and in return I shall make you fabulously rich, powerful, talented and famous for your entire Earthly life. Or maybe even eternity.
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Short Stories About a Deal with the Devil
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Christopher Ragland
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 03-28-24
- Language: English
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The Complete Strategy Collection
- The Art of War Sun Tzu, the Prince Machiavelli and the Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
- By: Sun Tzu, Niccolò Machiavelli, Miyamoto Musashi, and others
- Narrated by: Adam Nelson
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28
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Performance28
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Whether you're a business leader, entrepreneur, martial artist, student, or simply seeking practical wisdom, this Complete Strategy Collection delivers powerful insights into leadership, competition, and self-mastery—timeless tools for victory in any field.
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One of the best investments I’ve made
- By Anonymous on 08-08-25
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The Complete Strategy Collection
- The Art of War Sun Tzu, the Prince Machiavelli and the Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
- Narrated by: Adam Nelson
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 07-14-25
- Language: English
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El príncipe and El arte de la guerra [The Prince and The Art of War]
- Español neutro [Neutral Spanish]
- Narrated by: Max Garzón
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 01-19-24
- Language: Spanish
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The Ultimate Classics Collection – Volume Three: 10 Novels and Stories from Daniel Defoe, Henry David Thoreau, John Milton, Homer, Machiavelli, & More
- Gulliver’s Travels, Robinson Crusoe, The Divine Comedy, The Iliad, The Prince, Walden, & More
- By: Brothers Grimm, Henry David Thoreau, Niccolo Machiavelli, and others
- Narrated by: Daniel Weyman, Rachel Atkins, Ben Allen, and others
- Length: 104 hrs and 31 mins
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The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume Three is the third instalment of our wide-ranging classic collections. Volume Three features 10 essential works that reach further back into early Greek and Italian stories from Dante, Machiavelli, and Homer...
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The Ultimate Classics Collection – Volume Three: 10 Novels and Stories from Daniel Defoe, Henry David Thoreau, John Milton, Homer, Machiavelli, & More
- Gulliver’s Travels, Robinson Crusoe, The Divine Comedy, The Iliad, The Prince, Walden, & More
- Narrated by: Daniel Weyman, Rachel Atkins, Ben Allen, Jonathan Keeble, David Rintoul, Robert G. Slade, Mark Elstob
- Series: The Ultimate Classics Collection (SNR Audio)
- Length: 104 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 09-11-25
- Language: English
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Del arte de la guerra [The Art of War]
- Narrated by: Joaquin Rodrigo Madrigal
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 08-09-16
- Language: Spanish
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Discourses on Livy
- By: Niccolo Machiavelli
- Narrated by: Kim Moulton
- Length: 16 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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When I consider how much honor is attributed to antiquity, and how many times, not to mention many other examples, a fragment of an antique statue has been bought at a great price in order to have it near to one, honoring his house....
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Is the narrator AI? Mispronounces nearly every Latin name
- By Dr. Shauna Blump, PhD on 08-27-24
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Discourses on Livy
- Narrated by: Kim Moulton
- Length: 16 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 12-04-23
- Language: English
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Meaning and Magic
- How to Live with Power, Purpose and Success
- By: Mitch Horowitz - editor, Sun Tzu, Henry David Thoreau, and others
- Narrated by: Mitch Horowitz
- Length: 29 hrs and 35 mins
- Abridged
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In this vivifying omnibus, historian and popular voice of esoteric spirituality Mitch Horowitz abridges and introduces more than twenty world classics of inspiration, motivation, and successful living.
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Meaning and Magic
- How to Live with Power, Purpose and Success
- Narrated by: Mitch Horowitz
- Length: 29 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 07-02-25
- Language: English
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The Prince
- Penguin Classics
- By: George Bull - translator, Niccolò Machiavelli
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall142
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Performance113
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Niccolò Machiavelli's brutally uncompromising manual of statecraft, The Prince....
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Why I purchased this version
- By Amazon Customer on 06-27-21
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The Prince
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 09-26-19
- Language: English
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50+ Classic Collection. Political Science
- The Art of War, the Republic, the Athenian Constitution, the Prince, Utopia, Common Sense, Utilitarianism, Marxism, Anarchism, Socialism
- By: Sun Tzu, Lao Tzu, Plato, and others
- Narrated by: Kenneth Elliot, Alfred Costa, Peter Coates, and others
- Length: 61 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political...
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50+ Classic Collection. Political Science
- The Art of War, the Republic, the Athenian Constitution, the Prince, Utopia, Common Sense, Utilitarianism, Marxism, Anarchism, Socialism
- Narrated by: Kenneth Elliot, Alfred Costa, Peter Coates, Douglass Scott, Jowanna Lewis, Joe Phoenix, Richard Williams
- Length: 61 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 03-26-24
- Language: English
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A Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli
He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince
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