Skip to main content
Chaptra
Cover of The Prince

The Prince

Written by Niccolò Machiavelli

4.53 ratings

144 pages, about 3 hours of reading

History

Chaptra reads alongside you — AI insights, chapter breakdowns and reader discussions for every book. Join free

About this book

"The Prince" is a political treatise by Machiavelli that is not considered to be representative of the work published during his lifetime, but is the most remembered. The theories in this book describe methods that an aspiring prince can use to acquire the throne, or an existing prince can use to maintain his reign. These theories include defense and military, perceived reputation, generosity, cruelty versus mercy, gaining honors, fortune and a number of other discourses.

Read it with a club

Chaptra's history and war clubs — small groups reading the same books and talking as they go.

All clubs
A stack of paperbacks tied with a ribbon

Footnotes & Firefights

History and war

  • 4 members
  • 4 discussions
  • Active 16h ago

Military history, from grand strategy down to the deeply boring logistics that actually decided everything. This is a Chaptra house club — set up and moderated by us to get the conversation going. Open to everyone; jump in anywhere.

Read The Prince alongside people who are reading it too.

Open the club

Also here: Empire, Reconsidered

Chaptra Prime — paid clubs, every club feature, and unlimited reading support, for $5 a month or $60 once.

See Prime

Reading guide

Themes, characters and key ideas in The Prince, written by Chaptra AI.

A reading guide for this book hasn't been written yet. Chaptra builds one the first time a reader opens it.

Chapter-by-chapter breakdowns, character arcs and the full thematic analysis come with a free account.

Sign up freeLog in

Discussions

No one has started one yet

Join

No discussions yet

Be the first to start a discussion about this book!

Sign up to start the discussion

Reviews

No reviews yet

Be the first to review this book!