Author: ACKROYD, PETER
Title: The Life of Thomas More
Description: London, Chatto and Windus. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 1856197115). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket. 435 pages + 27 illustrations. Thomas More is one of the great figures in English history, but his life and career bear little resemblance to the myth of the saint or of 'the man for all seasons'. In this biography Peter Ackroyd reveals a man more troubled and more perplexing than that of any previous account, and offers a portrait as decisive as Holbein's famous drawing. NOT EX LIB A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.93 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST R1. Fine/Very Good.

Keywords: Sir John More, 15th Century Catholic England, Henry VIII, Martin Luther, Erasmus, Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas Cranmer, Thomas Cromwell, Bishop John Fisher 1856197115


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