In trying to make leaders stronger and more effective, many writers have offered counseling for their leaders. Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince is an instruction manual for princes and kings. After he wrote The Prince many believed that not following this guide would lead to a king or prince's downfall. King George III of Great Britain did not follow Machiavelli's manual and thus caused the breakdown of his empire. The Prince, is one of the first examinations of politics and science from a purely scientific and rational perspective. Machiavelli was a very smart man. He was always aware of the events going on in the world and an astounding hist