The Politician's Breviary: A Companion to Leaders and Influencers and Those They Seek to Control 

This first translation into English of the seventeenth-century Breviarium politicorum draws inspiration from the legacy of Cardinal Jules Mazarin, King Louis XIV's mentor and prime minister. The original 1684 Latin edition was attributed only to an anonymous author, and subsequent editions over the following decades captivated readers as had Machiavelli’s The Prince a hundred and fifty years earlier. Yet, the Breviary’s principles and maxims that unveil how to achieve and retain power are even more relevant to guide today’s leaders and politicians. As long as the few wield power and influence over the many, the Breviary will benefit those ready to navigate the treacherous waters of secrecy, dissimulation, deception, subterfuge, maleficence, greed, and corruption at the local, national, and global levels.