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Then And Now (Vintage classics)

Then And Now (Vintage classics)

by W.SomersetMaugham (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

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    Paperback 1979

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Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 240
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 01 Jun 2001
ISBN 10: 0099286866
ISBN 13: 9780099286868
Book Overview: Stunningly written and cleverly done, Maugham masters the enthralling and shocking world of Machievelli.

Media Reviews
The modern writer who has influenced me the most -- George Orwell
Brilliant dialogue writing...as exciting as any gangster story of modern politics * Spectator *
Author Bio
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.