Where was the prince published?

Niccoló Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513, but it wasn't published until 1532, five years after his death. This portrait of the author, by Santi di Tito, hangs in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy.Feb 6, 2013 read more

One of the most important early works dedicated to criticism of Machiavelli, especially The Prince, was that of the Huguenot, Innocent Gentillet, Discourse against Machiavelli, commonly also referred to as Anti Machiavel, published in Geneva in 1576. read more

Machiavelli's most famous work, The Prince, was written in 1513 but only published after his death (1532; trans. 1640) It describes the often crafty, cunning and unscrupulous methods by which a prince can acquire and maintain political power. read more

When The Prince was published, Italy was not a unified country but a compilation of city states that were all fighting to gain power over one another. read more