The 48 Laws Of Power In a bold and elegant text, laid out in balck and red and replete with fables and unique word sculptures, the laws are illustrated through the tactics, triumphs,a dn failures of such figures as the shrewd Queen Elizabeth I, the satteman Henry Kissinger, the showman P.T. Barnum, and many others who have wielded-or been victimized by-power. The laws tech the need for prudence, the virtue of stealth, the power of seduciotn, each requires discipline and many demand the total absence of mercy. All of the 48 laws provide an understandign of hte strategies used by others, the tactics to avoid or to live by.