{"date":"October 25","id":"10-25","intro":["After the publication of Machiavelli’s “The Prince,” the Sultans became more addicted to strangling their brothers, tyrants became more merciless, and murderous plots increased. The influence of that book, as Macaulay points out, spread over Europe and Asia."],"minutes":19,"readings":[{"author":"Thomas Babington Macaulay","end":372,"start":363,"volume":27,"work":"Machiavelli"}],"slug":"october-25","status":"proofread","title":"It Greatly Encouraged Intrigue","url":"/harvard-classics/october-25/","words":3767}