The Price of Paradise vs The Talleyrand Maxim: Which Should You Read?
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The Price of Paradise
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A gripping Regency tale of greed, temptation, and the deadly dance between truth and lies. London, 1817: For Arianna and Saybrook, a rare interlude of peace at their country estate with their young son has been a…
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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 Price of Paradise highest: The Price of Paradise 4.2 · The Talleyrand Maxim 3.9.
- The Talleyrand Maxim has the widest readership — 180 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| The Price of Paradise | The Talleyrand Maxim | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (180) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (33) | 4.5 (13) |
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Reception
| The Price of Paradise | The Talleyrand Maxim | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 33 | 180 |
| Editions | — | 115 |
| Want to read | — | 102 |
| Reading it now | — | 28 |
| Written reviews | — | 30 |
| Wikipedia attention | 1098 | — |
| Pages | — | 195 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: The Price of Paradise or The Talleyrand Maxim?
The Price of Paradise has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Price of Paradise 4.2/5, The Talleyrand Maxim 3.9/5).