
The book has been a national and international bestseller, and has been translated into 17 languages. Robert and Joost became partners and in 1998, The 48 Laws of Power was born. There he met Joost Elffers, the New York book packager and discussed with him his idea for a book on power and manipulation, the ultimate modern version of Machiavelli's The Prince. In 1995 he was involved in the planning and creation of the art school Fabrica, outside Venice, Italy. Robert has lived in London, Paris, and Barcelona he speaks several languages and has worked as a translator. He has worked in New York as an editor and writer at several magazines, including Esquire and in Hollywood as a story developer and writer. California at Berkeley and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he received a degree in classical studies. There is more than one author by this name on Goodreads.īest-selling author and public speaker, Robert Greene was born in Los Angeles. Just as beautifully packaged and every bit as essential as The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction is an indispensable primer of persuasion and offers the best lessons on how to take what you want from whomever you want or how to prevent yourself from being taken. Twenty-four maneuvers will guide readers through the seduction process, providing cunning, amoral instructions for and analysis of this fascinating, all-pervasive form of power. The seducer's many faces include: the Siren, the Rake, the Ideal Lover, the Dandy, the Natural, the Coquette, the Charmer, and the Charismatic. Kennedy, from Andy Warhol to Josephine Bonaparte, The Art of Seduction gets to the heart of the character of the seducer and his or her tactics, triumphs and failures. The Art of Seduction is a masterful synthesis of the work of thinkers such as Freud, Ovid, Kierkegaard, and Einstein, as well as the achievements of the greatest seducers throughout history. Now Greene has once again mined history and literature to distill the essence of seduction, the most highly refined mode of influence, the ultimate power trip. The season's most talked-about all-purpose personal strategy guide and philosophical compendium," said Newsweek of Robert Greene's bold, elegant, and ingenious manual of modern manipulation, The 48 Laws of Power.
