A book review of 'The Prince' by Niccolo` Machiavelli, explaining, in particular, what the book reveals about Rule Of Law.

'This Barbarian tyranny stinks in all nostrils' – one of the last lines of 'The Prince', a book written by Niccolo` Machiavelli in 1513, which was primarily intended to serve as a guide to Lorenzo Di Medici's Government to permit Italy to be free of foreign occupation and invasions. Lorenzo did not accept to abide with this guide and this book was later (1959) listed on the Pope's Index of Prohibited Books. Today, 'The Prince', remains one …

…and religion. Here, again, the question of how laws were originally made will play the best part. A Prince should always keep in mind that all choices involve risks, but the best thing to do is to abide to the 'Rule of Law'. Niccolo` Machiavelli died of ill health on the 22nd June, 1527. Unfortunately, Machiavelli did not live to see Italy unified, as he wanted it to be. This only happened more than 300 years later.