[quickthrower2]

Where did you get that idea?

> A man of power, for example, often has dirty work that has to be done, but for the sake of appearances it is generally preferable to have other people do it for him; friends often do this the best, since their affection for him makes them willing to take chances. Also, if your plans go awry for some reason, you can use a friend as a convenient scapegoat. This “fall of the favorite” was a trick often used by kings and sovereigns: They would let their closest friend at court take the fall for a mistake, since the public would not believe that they would deliberately sacrifice a friend for such a purpose.

Oh

Seriously though I’m reading the preview and finding this all just game of thrones style crap that isn’t useful for modern work.

Or I am not making the connection AND the book doesn’t attempt to help the reader.

There are politics at work but there must be books that talk about that specifically rather than the constant “this man made this weird mistake and was gouged by a thousand swords stuff”