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Memo From Machiavelli – How to Succeed in British Politics (1994x13)

Air date: Dec 11, 1994

Niccolo Machiavelli 's name is synonymous with political intrigue, but recent analysis of his work suggests that he was a political pragmatist whose best-known book, The Prince, is as relevant today as it was some years ago in 16th-century Italy. Reading extracts from The Prince is Ian Richardson , who played Francis Urquhart in House of Cards.