Title: The book that started the term "Machiavellian"
Product review: It is an ingenious study of the art of practical politics. The unique thing about this is that it was written by a man who was nothing more than a minor clerk in the government of Florence. The book's success stems from the fact that he made fun of well-known political personages in Government. Then as now people love to hear gossip of well-known people. Because of his rapier wit, Machiavelli's reputation is rather unsavoury, and the term "Machiavellian" is not a complementary term. This book is worth a read though. It's a quick, short book, but Machiavelli covers a lot of territory in it. Now we know where politicians get their rather ambiguous reputation from, since it's apparent that even today people in positions of political power adhere to a lot of the things that Machiavelli wrote about.
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