The Comfort of Ghosts vs The Talleyrand Maxim: Which Should You Read?
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The Comfort of Ghosts
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A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow!The Comfort of Ghosts completes Jacqueline Winspear’s ground-breaking and internationally bestselling series.“An outstanding historical…
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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 The Comfort of Ghosts highest: The Comfort of Ghosts 4.4 · The Talleyrand Maxim 3.9.
- The Comfort of Ghosts has the widest readership — 344 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| The Comfort of Ghosts | The Talleyrand Maxim | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (180) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (12) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (344) | 4.5 (13) |
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Reception
| The Comfort of Ghosts | The Talleyrand Maxim | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 344 | 180 |
| Editions | 1 | 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: The Comfort of Ghosts or The Talleyrand Maxim?
The Comfort of Ghosts has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Comfort of Ghosts 4.4/5, The Talleyrand Maxim 3.9/5).