The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin vs The Talleyrand Maxim: Which Should You Read?
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The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin
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In Regency England, the eccentric Colebrook sisters are amateur detectives who use their wits and invisibility as “old maids” to fight injustice in this delightful and fiercely feminist novel of mystery and adventure…
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 Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin highest: The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin 4.2 · The Talleyrand Maxim 3.9.
- The Talleyrand Maxim is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 8 for The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin.
- The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin has the widest readership — 7988 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin | The Talleyrand Maxim | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (7988) | 3.9 (180) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (13) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (35) | 4.5 (13) |
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Reception
| The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin | The Talleyrand Maxim | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7988 | 180 |
| Editions | — | 115 |
| Want to read | 19924 | 102 |
| Reading it now | 586 | 28 |
| Written reviews | 1101 | 30 |
| Pages | 465 | 195 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin or The Talleyrand Maxim?
The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin 4.2/5, The Talleyrand Maxim 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin or The Talleyrand Maxim?
The Talleyrand Maxim is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Talleyrand Maxim (195 pages, ≈ 3 h 37 m); The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin (465 pages, ≈ 8 h 37 m).
Which is harder to read: The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin or The Talleyrand Maxim?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin: Moderate; The Talleyrand Maxim: Challenging.