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Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England [Kietas viršelis]

4.41/5 (27 ratings by Goodreads)
  • Formatas: Hardback, 624 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 241x160x55 mm, weight: 917 g, 3 Maps
  • Išleidimo metai: 29-May-2025
  • Leidėjas: Michael Joseph Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1405953608
  • ISBN-13: 9781405953603
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  • Formatas: Hardback, 624 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 241x160x55 mm, weight: 917 g, 3 Maps
  • Išleidimo metai: 29-May-2025
  • Leidėjas: Michael Joseph Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1405953608
  • ISBN-13: 9781405953603
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Discover a story 400 years in the making - the definitive biography of the man who dominated England in the first half of the sixteenth century

'Engrossing' THE TIMES

'In this excellent study, Thomas More is reborn as a complex, absorbing man' DAILY TELEGRAPH

'[ A] immersive, richly told account of life, death, faith and politics at the early Tudor court' SPECTATOR

'THE definitive biography of one of history's most complex and often inscrutable characters' NATHEN AMIN

'Significant. Terrific. Meticulously researched. Beautifully written' LITERARY REVIEW

Born into the English Wars of the Roses, educated in the European Renaissance, enthralled by the Age of Exploration and ultimately destroyed by Henry VIII, Thomas More is one of the most famous - or notorious - figures in English history.

Is he a saintly scholar, the visionary author of Utopia and an inspiration for statesmen, socialists and intellectuals even today?

Or is he the stubborn zealot famously portrayed in Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall?

Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England is the definitive biography of this hypnotic, flawed figure. Overturning many received interpretations of the sixteenth century, Joanne Paul shows Thomas More to have been an intellectual and political giant of his age, central to the making of modern Europe.

Based on new archival discoveries and drawing on more than a decade's research into More's life and work, this is a richly-told story of family, faith and politics, and a compelling portrait of a man who, more than four hundred years after his death, remains the most brilliant mind of the Renaissance. __

MORE PRAISE FOR THOMAS MORE

'Paul has created a portrait of Thomas More that is epic, intimate and profoundly relatable to the modern reader' LEAH REDMOND CHANG, Women's Prize longlisted historian of Young Queens

'Very impressive' ALISON WEIR

'A proper scholarly history as well as a wonderful narrative read' SUSANNAH LIPSCOMB

'Paul gives us a movingly human picture of a family man, scholar, politician and, ultimately, political martyr' ELIZABETH NORTON

Recenzijos

To show us More as other than saint or villain, [ Paul's] readable biography immerses us in More's busy, messy and changing world ... engrossing * The Times * Fans of The House of Dudley and , indeed , of Wolf Hall and A Man for All Seasons - will find much to enjoy in this immersive , richly told account of life , death , faith and politics at the early Tudor court * SPECTATOR * Paul is brilliant at bringing the swirl of Catholic England to life: its candlelit rituals, Latin prayers and saints days, punctuated by tinkling royal processions -- Alice Hunt * THE TIMES * Significant. Goes further than most in seeking the essentials of the 'historical' More. Paul is terrific at evoking the sights and spaces of early 16th-century London, along with the forms and feel of clothing and objects. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, much to admire and enjoy * Literary Review * THE definitive biography of one of historys most complex and often inscrutable characters -- NATHEN AMIN, author of Son of Prophesy: The Rise of Henry Tudor Joanne Paul has created a portrait of Thomas More that is epic, intimate and profoundly relatable to the modern reader. In Pauls hands he is neither overly good nor bad; he just is. We are in a new age of tyrants Thomas More shows the necessity of speaking truth to power at all costs -- LEAH REDMOND CHANG, Womens Prize longlisted historian of Young Queens Forget [ ] Hilary Mantels caricatures. In this excellent study, Thomas More is reborn as a complex, absorbing man * DAILY TELEGRAPH * Very impressive -- ALISON WEIR A work of proper scholarly history as well as a wonderful narrative read...Joanne Paul goes back to the words More wrote himself, to try and get at More before fame and the accusations against him took hold. I so enjoyed the result -- SUSANNAH LIPSCOMB Paul gives us a movingly human picture of a family man, scholar, politician and, ultimately, political martyr. As compelling as a novel, the story of More's rise and fall is vividly told -- ELIZABETH NORTON

Joanne Paul is a writer, broadcaster, consultant, and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Intellectual History at the University of Sussex. A BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker, her research focuses on the intellectual and cultural history of the Renaissance and Early Modern periods. She has written for the Cambridge University Press 'Ideas in Context' series, and has been widely praised for her work on Thomas More, William Shakespeare, Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes. Her current academic project is an edition of Thomas Mores Utopia for the Oxford University Press.

Her first book for the trade, The House of Dudley was published in 2022. Thomas More: A Life is publishing Spring 2025.