Then and Now (novel)

Then and Now (1946 novel)
First US edition
Author	W. Somerset Maugham
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Publisher	Heinemann (UK) Doubleday (US)
Publication date	1946
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Preceded by	The Razor's Edge
Followed by	Creatures of Circumstance

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 Niccolo 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 recolects 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.

References

Works by W. Somerset Maugham

Novels	Liza of Lambeth (1897) The Making of a Saint (1898) Orientations (1899) The Hero (1901) Mrs Craddock (1902) The Merry-go-round (1904) The Bishop's Apron (1906) The Explorer (1908) The Magician (1908) Of Human Bondage (1915) The Moon and Sixpence (1919) The Trembling of a Leaf (1921) On a Chinese Screen (1922) The Painted Veil (1925) Cakes and Ale (1930) The Narrow Corner (1932) Ah King (1933) Theatre (1937) The Summing Up (1938) Christmas Holiday (1939) Strictly Personal (1941) Up at the Villa (1941) The Razor's Edge (1944) Then and Now (1946) Catalina (1948) The Vagrant Mood (1952)

Short story collections	The Casuarina Tree (1926) Ashenden (1928) Creatures of Circumstance (1947)

Plays	Lady Frederick (1903) Mrs. Dot (1904) Jack Straw (1907) Penelope (1908) Smith (1909) The Land of Promise (1913) Our Betters (1915) The Unattainable (1915) Home and Beauty (1918) Caesar's Wife (1918) The Circle (1919) The Unknown (1920) East of Suez (1922) The Constant Wife (1926) The Letter (1927) The Sacred Flame (1928) The Bread-Winner (1930) For Services Rendered (1932) Sheppey (1933)

Non-fiction	On a Chinese Screen (1922) Don Fernando (1935) Ten Novels and Their Authors (1954)

Related	Somerset Maugham Award

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