Maquiavel e a Dama (Coleção Nobel #78) - Then and Now

W. Somerset Maugham

Editora Globo

1948

260 páginas

8h 40m

ISBN-1: 0

Português Brasileiro

Then and Now is a historical novel by W. Somerset Maugham. Set mainly in Imola, Italy, but also in other Italian cities, including Machiavelli's hometown Florence during the Renaissance, the story focuses on three months in the life of Niccolò Machiavelli, the Florentine politician, diplomat, philosopher and writer in the early years of the 16th century. The book was first published by Heinemann in 1946. It recollects Machiavelli's encounter with Cesare Borgia, who was the model on which Machiavelli based his Il Principe. Against that background, a love farce unfolds, in which Machiavelli tries to seduce the young wife of his host at Imola. The unsuccessful affair gave Machiavelli the idea of writing his first comedy, The Mandrake. Thus, Then and Now appears to combine the two best-known works of Machiavelli – The Prince and The Mandrake.
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Maugham nunca decepciona, sempre surpreende os leitores,e a maior surpresa desse livro é se deparar com um estilo de escrito tão diferente do encontrado nos livros clássicos do autor. Ele narra fatos históricos de personagens conhecidos e ainda consegue nos encantar com sua narrativa.