Much Ado About Mistletoe vs The Talleyrand Maxim: Which Should You Read?
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Much Ado About Mistletoe
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Fair Verona celebrates the most joyful Christmas season in all of this flat earth, and for spirited20-year-old Rosie Montague, sleuth and daughter of Romeo and Juliet (alive and well and still passionately in love), the…
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
- 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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How to choose
Scores by source
| Much Ado About Mistletoe | The Talleyrand Maxim | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (180) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (20) | 4.5 (13) |
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Reception
| Much Ado About Mistletoe | The Talleyrand Maxim | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 20 | 180 |
| Editions | — | 115 |
| Want to read | — | 102 |
| Reading it now | — | 28 |
| Written reviews | — | 30 |
| Pages | 90 | 195 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Much Ado About Mistletoe or The Talleyrand Maxim?
Much Ado About Mistletoe has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Much Ado About Mistletoe 4.1/5, The Talleyrand Maxim 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: Much Ado About Mistletoe or The Talleyrand Maxim?
Much Ado About Mistletoe is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Much Ado About Mistletoe (90 pages, ≈ 1 h 40 m); The Talleyrand Maxim (195 pages, ≈ 3 h 37 m).
Which is harder to read: Much Ado About Mistletoe or The Talleyrand Maxim?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Much Ado About Mistletoe: Moderate; The Talleyrand Maxim: Challenging.