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  1. Niccolo Machiavelli (May 3, 1469 – June 21, 1527) wrote The Prince after prison, torture, and exile, with the cold clarity of someone who had seen power from the inside.

    This is not just a book about rulers but about fear, ambition, loyalty, betrayal, and the dangerous people who believe they are born to command others.

    #books #literature #reading #book #writers #author #Machiavelli #ThePrince #bookstodon @bookstodon #politics #ambitions #booksky #bookstagram #BookTok #today

  2. Rapunzel

    Retelling the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale in 1983 on Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre starring Shelley Duvall as Rapunzel, Jeff Bridges as the Prince and, and Gena Rowlands as the Witch. Narrated by Roddy McDowall. Written by David Wyles. Directed by Gilbert Cates.

    #ShelleyDuvall #Rapunzel, #JeffBridges #GenaRowlands #ShelleyDuvallsFaerieTaleTheatre #faerietalethearte #brothersgrimm #fairytale #tv #tvshow #allstarcast #evilwitch #theprince #greatmomentsontv

  3. @adapalmer

    I can see the merit of your argument.

    People on the Italian mainland always seem to have been prone to deception and back-stabbing, it seems...Prime literary examples, #ColleenMcCullough's #Cesar saga and #ThePrince by #Macchiavelli (not to mention the #Borghias, for that matter.)

    I'd still argue that THEM not knowing what was about to happen, did not make it "sudden." It needn't have been. They were apparently in ignorance of many martial principles,...

    @bookstodon @ergative