Title: The Talleyrand Maxim
First published: 1920
Description: The “Talleyrand Maxim” holds that “With time and patience, the mulberry leaf is turned into satin.” The adage has the character of guidance for life for an ambitious legal clerk, Linford Pratt. Unlike most people, he decides to take extreme measures to get what he believes is his due.
Subjects: Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Wills in fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Mystery
LC classification: PZ3.F634 Ta2, PR6011.L5 Ta2