The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli, Part 2

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Let’s drift off to more from this classic of politics. If you aren’t backstabbing and being backstabbed, are you even governing? Not in 16th-century Europe, apparently!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener-supported!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Patreon:</span> <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod"><span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;">https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Buy Me a Coffee:</span> <a href= "https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW"><span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Read “The Prince” at Project Gutenberg: <a href= "https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1232">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1232</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;">Music: "Dream Colours,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY,</span> <a href="https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com"><span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;">https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com</span></a></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style= "font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you o