Usuari anònim: Maugham's two historical novels set in Renaissance Italy - and published within 48 years of each other! A rare opportunity for a comparison that no serious admirer of Maugham should miss. The late novel, Maugham's penultimate one actually, has a few dull descriptions of the political background, yet the plot, the writing and the characterisation are vastly superior to his youthful attempt along the same lines (his second novel actually, published when he was 24 years old).… (més)