Project Gutenberg 2006-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 72 Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith) 1863 1935 Fletcher, Joseph Smith The Talleyrand Maxim Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Sandra Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Talleyrand Maxim" by J. S. Fletcher is a mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Linford Pratt, a young clerk with aspirations for wealth and power, who suddenly finds himself entangled in a secret involving a long-lost will belonging to a recently deceased local magnate, John Mallathorpe. As Pratt navigates this newfound opportunity, he must contend with moral dilemmas and the unpredictable consequences of his ambitions. The opening of the book sets up an intriguing narrative, beginning with Linford Pratt as he recognizes an impending opportunity for advancement in his mundane life. He encounters Antony Bartle, an elderly antiquarian bookseller, who reveals he has discovered Mallathorpe's will, sealed in a book he purchased from the estate. However, just as they begin to discuss the will's implications, Bartle unexpectedly dies, leaving Pratt as the sole keeper of this vital secret. As the story unfolds, Pratt is faced with choices that could lead him to fortune but also entail deceit and potential ruin, especially as he learns more about the will's significance for Mallathorpe's heirs. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories PR Text Detective Fiction Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 480676 480562 2024-09-04T10:45:44.187845 2023-10-05T04:07:20.044969 text/html text/html 480669 480555 2024-09-04T10:45:44.407859 2023-10-05T04:07:20.242971 text/html text/html 218477 2024-09-04T10:45:51.181837 application/epub+zip 224606 2024-09-04T10:45:45.846876 application/epub+zip 224608 2024-09-04T10:45:44.979876 application/epub+zip 422133 2024-09-04T10:45:55.634808 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387543 2024-09-04T10:45:50.571803 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387519 2022-09-05T05:37:35.300826 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 435197 435126 2024-09-04T10:45:43.827875 2023-10-05T04:07:19.722985 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 435151 2020-12-26T23:53:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 159905 2020-12-26T23:53:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 435142 2020-12-26T23:53:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 159882 2020-12-26T23:53:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19797 2024-09-04T10:45:55.775787 application/rdf+xml 13028 2024-09-04T10:45:45.331826 image/jpeg 3440 2024-09-04T10:45:45.155873 image/jpeg 215127 2024-09-04T10:45:44.447839 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia