Then and Now
W. Somerset Maugham
278 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0405078226
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1977
20th CenturyBritish LiteratureClassicsFictionHistoricalHistorical FictionItalyLiteratureNovelsOwn
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.