Macchiavelli (1469 - 1527) is sometimes considered the founder of modern politics and remembered for the extreme tactics advocated for maintaining power.
This is a reprint of his work as translated by W. K. Marriott and published in 1908. This most notably includes "The Prince" and "Description of the Methods Adopted by the Duke Valentino when Murdering Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliberotto Da Fermo, The Signor Paolo, and the Duke Di Gravina Orsini." This edition attempts to reproduce Marriott's translation including the spelling in the initial print.