Project Gutenberg 2006-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 161 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.) Reading ease score: 82.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories PR Text Detective Fiction Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: British Literature 480856 2025-07-04T09:54:41.579694 text/html 480677 2025-01-12T18:13:18.337880 text/html 238893 2025-07-04T09:54:48.331666 application/epub+zip 244774 2025-07-04T09:54:43.339683 application/epub+zip 244775 2025-07-04T09:54:42.241687 application/epub+zip 446440 2025-07-04T09:54:52.359642 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 411872 2025-07-04T09:54:47.630669 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387519 2022-09-05T05:37:35.300826 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 435197 2025-07-04T09:54:41.195722 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 435151 2020-12-26T23:53:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 435142 2020-12-26T23:53:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19469 2025-07-04T09:54:52.484621 application/rdf+xml 12998 2025-07-04T09:54:42.724679 image/jpeg 3433 2025-07-04T09:54:42.481670 image/jpeg 159905 2020-12-26T23:53:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 159882 2020-12-26T23:53:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 233648 2025-07-04T09:54:41.616684 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia