Lisa Hilton does a superb job of taking what could seem like an obscure thought experiment and turns it instead into an engaging view of a Princely preoccupation with the extensions of power, their continued control and utility. I have always loved this cover painting, this Momento Mori, the hub ris of power and its use and misuse.
People throw the word Macchievellian around like its the hat of the day. Its the difference between how the world is and how we want it to be. You cant not play the game because sure as daybreak you will be played by others.
