The Prince argues that Machiavelli must have changed his mind dramatically in favour of free republics, after having written "The Prince". Translations The Prince 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" ("Of Principalities"). However, the printed version was not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death. This was done with the permission of the Medici pope Clement VII, but "long before then, in fact since the first appearance of "The Prince" in manuscript,
The Record Guide young musical writers emulated its layout and "modus operandi" in "The Stereo Record Guide", which has evolved into "The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music" The Record Guide The Record Guide was an English reference work that listed, described, and evaluated gramophone recordings of classical music in the 1950s. It was a precursor to modern guides such as "The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music". The guide was conceived and written by Edward Sackville-West and the music critic Desmond Shawe-Taylor. Their aim, as set out in the preface to the first edition in 1951, was "to try to supply a