The Prince, now available as an audiobook, brings Niccolò Machiavelli’s profound insights on power, politics, and leadership directly to your ears. In this seminal work, Machiavelli strips away the romanticism of governance and reveals the practical, often ruthless strategies leaders must adopt to secure and maintain their rule. Whether you’re on a morning commute or unwinding at home, the audiobook offers a captivating listening experience that delves into the complexities of human ambition and authority.
Narrated with clarity and intensity, this audiobook version of The Prince invites you to explore Machiavelli’s unapologetic views on governance and his unflinching advice on leadership. Perfect for those interested in history, political theory, or simply a thought-provoking listen, The Prince challenges us to ask: what sacrifices must be made in the pursuit of power, and is success worth the cost?
00:00 – A Note on the Translation
4:36 – Chronology
11:26 – Dedicatory Letter
14:25 – I. How Many Are the Kinds of Principalities and in What Modes They Are Acquired
15:25 – II. Of Hereditary Principalities
17:08 – III. Of Mixed Principalities
34:36 – IV. Why the Kingdom of Darius Which Alexander Seized Did Not Rebel from His Successors after Alexander’s Death
40:18 – V. How Cities or Principalities Which Lived by Their Own Laws before They Were Occupied Should Be Administered
43:05 – VI. Of New Principalities That Are Acquired through One’s Own Arms and Virtue
50:10 – VII. Of New Principalities That Are Acquired by Others’ Arms and Fortune
1:05:41 – VIII. Of Those Who Have Attained a Principality through Crimes
1:15:08 – IX. Of the Civil Principality
1:22:22 – X. In What Mode the Forces of All Principalities Should Be Measured
1:26:20 – XI. Of Ecclesiastical Principalities
1:31:31 – XII. How Many Kinds of Military There Are and Concerning Mercenary Soldiers
1:41:20 – XIII. Of Auxiliary, Mixed, and One’s Own Soldiers
1:48:45 – XIV. What a Prince Should Do Regarding the Military
1:53:52 – XV. Of Those Things for Which Men and Especially Princes Are Praised or Blamed
1:57:00 – XVI. Of Liberality and Parsimony
2:01:57 – XVII. Of Cruelty and Mercy, and Whether It Is Better to Be Loved Than Feared, or the Contrary
2:08:08 – XVIII. In What Mode Faith Should Be Kept by Princes
2:13:47 – XIX. Of Avoiding Contempt and Hatred
2:35:12 – XX. Whether Fortresses and Many Other Things Which Are Made and Done by Princes Every Day Are Useful or Useless
2:44:05 – XXI. What a Prince Should Do to Be Held in Esteem
2:51:30 – XXII. Of Those Whom Princes Have as Secretaries
2:54:08 – XXIII. In What Mode Flatterers Are to Be Avoided
2:58:10 – XXIV. Why the Princes of Italy Have Lost Their States
3:01:17 – XXV. How Much Fortune Can Do in Human Affairs, and in What Mode It May Be Opposed
3:08:04 – XXVI. Exhortation to Seize Italy and to Free Her from the Barbarians
3:16:00 – Appendix; Machiavelli’s Letter of December 10, 1513
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