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Then and Now
W. Somerset Maugham
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Description for Then and Now
Paperback. Introducing the world of Machiavelli, this title covers three important months in the career of that crafty politician, worldly seducer and high priest of schemers. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 106 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
Maugham found a parallel to the turmoil of our own century in the duplicity, intrigue and sensuality of the Italian Renaissance. Then and Now enters the world of Machiavelli, and covers three important months in the career of that crafty politician, worldly seducer and high priest of schemers.
Maugham found a parallel to the turmoil of our own century in the duplicity, intrigue and sensuality of the Italian Renaissance. Then and Now enters the world of Machiavelli, and covers three important months in the career of that crafty politician, worldly seducer and high priest of schemers.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099286868
SKU
V9780099286868
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About W. Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospital with the idea of practising medicine, but the success of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897, won him over to literature. Of Human ... Read more
Reviews for Then and Now
The modern writer who has influenced me the most
George Orwell Brilliant dialogue writing...as exciting as any gangster story of modern politics
Spectator
George Orwell Brilliant dialogue writing...as exciting as any gangster story of modern politics
Spectator