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CLASSIC BOOKS EXPLAINED: The Prince

by Michael Kupperman

Detail of second panel: Machiavelli, holding book THE PRINCE, exclaiming "My masterpiece!"

PANEL 1: CLASSIC BOOKS EXPLAINED - "Prince" Machiavelli's THE PRINCE - Woman in small crowd shouts at Machiavelli as he turns key in heavy wooden door to enter his home: “YOU'RE NO ROYAL!” Machiavelli: “FOOLS! I WILL REVEAL MY SECRETS TO THE ENTIRE WORLD!” Caption: THE LOCAL TOWNSPEOPLE TAUNTED "PRINCE" MACHIAVELLI, TELLING HIM HE'D NEVER BE A REAL PRINCE. EMBITTERED, HE SWORE HE'D WRITE THE WORLD'S FIRST MANUAL ON HOW TO BE A PRINCE, *THE PRINCE.*

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