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Then And Now delves into the gripping and turbulent world of Machiavelli during the Italian Renaissance, exploring a pivotal three-month period in the life of this cunning politician and schemer. W. Somerset Maugham masterfully portrays the duplicity, intrigue, and sensuality of the era, drawing parallels to the complexities of contemporary times.
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Ideal for readers interested in historical fiction, political intrigue, and richly drawn characters set against the backdrop of the Renaissance.

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Then And Now

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.

Stunningly written and cleverly done, Maugham masters the enthralling and shocking world of Machievelli.

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Stunningly written and cleverly done, Maugham masters the enthralling and shocking world of Machiavelli.

Maugham found a parallel to the turmoil of our own times 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.

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Praised for its brilliant dialogue and gripping narrative, the book has been called "as exciting as any gangster story of modern politics" by The Spectator. George Orwell cited Maugham as a major influence on his writing.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780099286868

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 June 2001

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 174g

Pages: 240

About the Author

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 Bondage, the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915, and with the publication in 1919 of The Moon and Sixpence his reputation as a novelist was established. At the same time his fame as a successful playwright and writer was being consolidated with acclaimed productions of various plays and the publication of several short story collections. His other works include travel books, essays, criticism and the autobiographical The Summing Up and A Writer's Notebook. In 1927 Somerset Maugham settled in the South of France and lived there until his death in 1965.

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