in your own words write a 2 to 3 sentence paragraph based off of this paragraph. " Another secular book was the prince (1513) by Niccolo Machiavelli. the prince was a very high influential work of political thought and which Machiavelli described how leader gain power, keep power, and loose power. he chose "to present things as they are in real truth, much rather than as they are imagined." Today the world Machiavellian is used to describe someone who tries to archive something by manipulating, or controlling tha actions of others. But Machiavelli was simpily describing the realities of renaissance politics." based on a 5th grade level

The prince is a famous book from 1513 by a man named Niccolo Machiavelli. In the book, he talks about how leaders can gain power, keep power, and lose power. People sometimes use the word "Machiavellian" to describe someone who tries to control others, but Machiavelli was just explaining how politics worked in his time.