Then And Now
$30.07
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
6 July 2001
Summary
Stunningly written and cleverly done, Maugham masters the enthralling and shocking world of Machievelli. 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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099286868 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099286866 |
| Author: | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 6 July 2001 |
| Weight: | 172g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
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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
The modern writer who has influenced me the most – George OrwellBrilliant dialogue writing…as exciting as any gangster story of modern politics * Spectator *
About The Author
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 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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