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Thomas More : a biography / by Richard Marius.
LIBRA DA334.M8 M275 1984
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection DA334.M8 M275 1984
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marius, Richard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535.
- More, Thomas.
- Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- Great Britain.
- Christian saints--England--Biography.
- Christian saints.
- England.
- Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 562 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1984.
- Summary:
- Over the centuries, biographers of Thomas More have always praised him and made him an example for their own times. He was a man for all seasons. This Tudor prelate and Lord Chancellor of England shared human qualities identifiable in all ages--pride, love, ambition, generosity, hypocrisy, and greed. He was less than common because he was witty and a great storyteller--the best between Chaucer and Shakespeare. Truly, he was a Renaissance man with the contradictions such praise imposes on a towering figure. In Richard Marius's authoritative and engaging portrait, Sir Thomas More, the martyr and brilliant public figure, is a lesson for our season.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 521-524.
- ISBN:
- 0394459822
- OCLC:
- 10779399
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