The life of Thomas More
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The life of Thomas More
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- Label
- The life of Thomas More
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Ackroyd
- Subject
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- trueChristian martyrs -- England -- 16th century -- Biography
- trueHumanists -- England -- Biography
- trueRenaissance (1300-1600) -- 1300 -- 1600
- Great Britain
- Christian martyrs
- Biography
- trueHenry, VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 -- Relations with humanists
- History
- trueHistory writing -- Europe -- Renaissance
- trueLawyers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Politics and government
- trueHumanists -- Biography
- trueChristian martyrs -- England -- Biography
- trueLife stories -- Religion and spirituality | Religious and spiritual leaders
- trueSpirituality and Religion -- Christianity
- 1509-1547
- trueGreat Britain -- Politics and government -- 1509-1547
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547 -- Biography
- trueTudor period (1485-1603) -- 1485 -- 1603
- trueMore, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535
- More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535
- trueBiographies
- Statesmen
- trueHistory writing -- Europe | United Kingdom
- Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography
- England
- Humanists
- trueGreat Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547
- trueIntellectual life -- Great Britain -- 16th century
- truePoliticians -- Great Britain -- 16th century -- Biography
- true16th century -- 1501 -- 1600
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Peter Ackroyd's The Life of Thomas More is a reconstruction of the life and imagination of one of the most remarkable figures of history - and arguably the most brilliant lawyer the English-speaking world has ever known. Thomas More was a renowned statesman, the author of a political fantasy that gave a name to a literary genre and a worldview (Utopia), and, most famously, a Catholic martyr and saint, who was beheaded when he refused to follow his sovereign, King Henry VIII, in severing England's ties from the Catholic Church."--BOOK JACKET. "Ackroyd shows dramatically how the clouds of Reformation that swarmed over the European continent unleashed the storm of the early modern period that swept away More's world and took his life. He clarifies the whirl of dynastic, religious, and mercantile politics that brought the autocratic Henry VIII and the devout More into their fateful conflict. And he narrates the unrelenting drama of More's final days - his detention, trial, and execution - with a novelist's mastery of suspense."--BOOK JACKET
- Award
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- ALA Notable Book, 1999.
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 1998.
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography, 1998.
- New York Times Notable Book, 1998
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- FEM
- Dewey number
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- 942.05/2/092
- B
- 942.052 M836A
- 942.052
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DA334.M8
- LC item number
- A64 1998
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Target audience
- adult
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