The Talleyrand Maxim
by J. S. Fletcher
298 pages~5 hrs
“Ambition is a virtue, until it becomes a crime.”
Linford Pratt is a man of cold ambition who views a deceased magnate’s massive estate not as a legacy, but as a prize to be seized through calculated deceit. Guided by a ruthless maxim of self-interest, he weaves a brilliant and dangerous web of manipulation that threatens to consume everyone in his path.
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