Novel called the prince that was a influence on john lennon??..daria link here to how i found it?

Question

i was watching a daria episode on youtube and found out about a book she was reading call 'the prince'' in how it was a big influence to john lennon..i'm a big fan of john lennon and i would want a chance to read..though when i went searching for it..i couldn't find anything and came across the book ''the princess'' so i may have heard wrong. i have the link to a fragment of the episode here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha1DkkqvnCI&feature=related

and it starts at 5:25

if you know the author and book they're talking about

drop me a line

Answer 1

The only book I know of titled The Prince is Machiavelli's book published in 1532. It is not what I would consider a novel.I think your clip is referring to Vladimir Lenin, a Russian revolutionary, not John Lennon the musician. I only guess that due to the characters talking about Stalin too. The Prince was written during the Renaissance. Machiavelli's ideas about power and politics were quite revolutionary at the time. If you need more info you can e-mail me. You could read it for free at Project Gutenberg at www.gutenberg.org.