num_pages: 240
description: 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.
language: English
title: THEN AND NOW
titlecomplete: THEN AND NOW
characters: Niccolò Machiavelli, Cesare Borgia
genres: Fiction, Historical, Own, Italy, British Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 611
publisher: Vintage Classics