Power - The 48 Laws of Power

Amoral, brilliant, ruthless and fascinating, this work distills 3,000 years of history of power into 48 laws.

A true manipulation manual, it extracts the essence of this ancestral wisdom through the stories of the greatest strategists (Sun Zi, Clausewitz), statesmen (Louis XIV, Bismarck, Talleyrand), courtiers (Castiglione, Gracián ), seducers (Ninon de Lenclos, Casanova) and swindlers of history.

Some laws advocate caution (law #1: Never surpass the master), others encourage dissimulation (law #7: Let others work, but reap the honors), and still others require a total lack of mercy (law #15: Completely crush your enemy). 

These laws find applications in daily life, because the world is, without a doubt, a vast courtyard where countless intrigues are woven.

Rather than ignoring this reality, it is better to master the art of the quest for power.