Machiavelli's The Prince has many solid concepts that I can relate with, however the allusions to classical figures and people from the then contemporary Italy (divided as it was by city states) does place a limit on my comprehension. What I ended up doing was reading the parts where Machiavelli describes the topic of the chapter, and then selectively read the actions of whomever Machiavelli chose to exemplify what to do or what not to do. Overall however, it's a quite interesting read, not the most intriguing concepts in the world, but not as dry as I had expected.