Bad Blood vs The Talleyrand Maxim: Which Should You Read?
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Bad Blood
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When Cassie Hobbes joined the FBI's Naturals program, she had one goal: uncover the truth about her mother's murder. But now, everything Cassie thought she knew about what happened that night has been called into…
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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…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Bad Blood highest: Bad Blood 4.2 · The Talleyrand Maxim 3.9.
- The Talleyrand Maxim has the widest readership — 180 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Bad Blood | The Talleyrand Maxim | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (180) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (156) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (44) | 4.5 (13) |
Reception
| Bad Blood | The Talleyrand Maxim | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 156 | 180 |
| Editions | — | 115 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 102 |
| Reading it now | — | 28 |
| Written reviews | — | 30 |
| Wikipedia attention | 261 | — |
| Pages | — | 195 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Bad Blood or The Talleyrand Maxim?
Bad Blood has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Bad Blood 4.2/5, The Talleyrand Maxim 3.9/5).