A Tangle of Serpents: A Lady Arianna Regency Mystery vs The Talleyrand Maxim: Which Should You Read?
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A Tangle of Serpents: A Lady Arianna Regency Mystery
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With the epic victory at Waterloo behind them, Arianna and Saybrook are looking forward to a quiet summer of scholarship, far from the turmoil of war and politics.  But little do they know that an even more…
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The Talleyrand Maxim
“Linford Pratt, senior clerk to Eldrick & Pascoe, solicitors, of Barford, a young man who earnestly desired to get on in life, by hook or by crook, with no objection whatever to crookedness, so long as it could be performed in safety and secrecy, had once during one of his periodical visit to the town Reference Library, lighted on a maxim of that other unscrupulous person, Prince Talleyrand, which”
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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…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Talleyrand Maxim has the widest readership — 180 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| A Tangle of Serpents: A Lady Arianna Regency Mystery | The Talleyrand Maxim | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (180) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (2) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (85) | 4.5 (13) |
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Reception
| A Tangle of Serpents: A Lady Arianna Regency Mystery | The Talleyrand Maxim | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 85 | 180 |
| Editions | — | 115 |
| Want to read | — | 102 |
| Reading it now | — | 28 |
| Written reviews | — | 30 |
| Pages | — | 195 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: A Tangle of Serpents: A Lady Arianna Regency Mystery or The Talleyrand Maxim?
A Tangle of Serpents: A Lady Arianna Regency Mystery has the higher combined reader rating across sources (A Tangle of Serpents: A Lady Arianna Regency Mystery 3.9/5, The Talleyrand Maxim 3.9/5).