had a true and abiding love for Florence. He wanted to make Florence great and also find himself a job, as he lost his when the Medici family came into power. He dedicated his book on political science, The Prince, to Lorenzo Medici in the hopes that Lorenzo would be impressed and offer him a job. However, Lorenzo ignored the book and . The Prince is a didactic examination of political power, how to achieve it, maintain it, and expand it. does not take into consideration what is morally right, or amoral, only what is useful and useless ....