Fra Giovanni smiled thinly. “It is new, my lord—new to you. Hereditary princes have it easy. The bloodline keeps the people loyal. But you… you are a new prince in an old state. That is the most fragile kind.”
But fortune, he knew, was a woman who favored the bold. el principe capitulo 1
He called for his secretary, a shrewd priest named Fra Giovanni. Fra Giovanni smiled thinly
Marco set down his cup. “Then how do I keep it?” ” Marco whispered. “But not hatred.”
“Fear,” Marco whispered. “But not hatred.”