Then And Now (Paperback)

by W. Somerset Maugham (Author)

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Random House UK; New edition edition (Aug 20 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0749304367
ISBN-13: 978-0749304362
Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.1 x 1.5 cm
Shipping Weight: 123 g

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"As exciting as any gangster story of modern politics." -"Spectator
"The modern writer who has influenced me the most." - George Orwell

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“As exciting as any gangster story of modern politics.” –Spectator

“The modern writer who has influenced me the most.” – George Orwell

From the Trade Paperback edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Historical novel that works, Dec 12 2003

By	david mills (Ottawa, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Then and Now (Hardcover)

This historical novel seems a digression from Maugham's normal run of work. As such, it effectively recreates a trip taken my Niccolo Machievelli, representing his native city of Florence, and a young aide, to negotiate with Cesare Borgia. Machievelli and Borgia's characers are realistically portrayed, along with the constant intrigue, deception and treachery as practiced among the powerful, and others, in the Italy of the city states. A sub-plot involving Machievelli's hoped-for seduction of his host's attractive young wife is also believable: he sees the affair as an extension of politics, and the reader is given a view of the views suffered by women of that bygone era. In sum, this book is definitely readable, and recommendable.

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